absorb

verb

• 1take in or soak up (energy or a liquid or other substance) by chemical or physical action:buildings can be designed to absorb and retain heat steroids are absorbed into the bloodstream
• take in and understand fully (information, ideas, or experience):she absorbed the information in silence
• take control of (a smaller or less powerful entity) and make it a part of a larger one:the family firm was absorbed into a larger group
• use or take up (time or resources):arms spending absorbs roughly two per cent of the national income
• take up and reduce the effect or intensity of (sound or an impact):deep-pile carpets absorbed all sound of the outside world

• 2 (often be absorbed in) take up the attention of (someone); interest greatly:she sat in an armchair, absorbed in a book the work absorbed him and continued to make him happy