# absorbed

Pronunciation: US say "ab-SORBD" /æbˈsɔɹbd/; UK say "uhb-ZAWBD" /əbˈzɔːbd/

## Adjective

1. Completely caught up in one's own thoughts or in an activity; engrossed.
   - Simple: Giving all your attention to something, so you don't notice anything else.
   - _He was too absorbed in his work to hear the phone ringing._
   - _The audience sat absorbed, barely breathing during the final scene._
2. Taken in, soaked up, or assimilated into another substance or body.
   - Simple: Soaked up or taken in by something else.
   - _The absorbed moisture left the wooden beam swollen and warped._
   - _Doctors track how much of the absorbed drug reaches the bloodstream._

## Verb

3. Simple past and past participle of absorb. — simple past and past participle of absorb
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of absorb. Use this form for something that already took something in.
   - _The dry soil absorbed the heavy rain within minutes._
   - _The company absorbed three smaller firms last year._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "absorb" with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/absorbed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).