Absorbed

Definitions: Absorbed

Absorbed

Adjective

1. Wholly absorbed as in thought; "deep in thought"; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "the book had her totally engrossed"; "enwrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought".

2. Retained without reflection; "the absorbed light intensity".

3. Taken in through the pores of a surface; "the absorbed water expanded the sponge".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "absorbed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Synonyms: Absorbed

Attention

Adjective: attentive, mindful, observant, regardful; alive to, awake to; observing; Verb: alert, open-eyed; intent on, taken up with, occupied with, engaged in; engrossed in, wrapped in, absorbed, rapt, transfixed, riveted, mesmerized, hypnotized; glued to (the TV); breathless; preoccupied; (inattentive); watchful; (careful); breathless, undistracted, upon the stretch; on the watch; (expectant).

Crosswords: Absorbed

Shocks are so much better absorbed with the knees bent. (The Wicker Man; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer)

Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below ("1979"; performing artist: Smashing Pumpkins)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Pictorial Record of Great Western Absorbed Engines (reference)

• Clinical Neutron Dosimetry: Determination of Absorbed Dose in a Patient Treated by External Beams of Fast Neutrons (Icru Report, 45) (reference)

• Determination of Absorbed Dose in a Patient Irradiated by Beams of X or Gamma Rays in Radiotherapy Procedures (ICRU report number 24) (reference)

• Methods of Assessment of Absorbed Dose in Clinical Use of Radionuclides (reference)

• Mird Head & Brain Dosimetry: Absorbed Fractions of Energy & Absorbed Dose Per Unit Cumulated Activity Within Pediatric & Adult Head & Brain Models fo (reference)

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Music

• Absorbed (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

They were excellent at what they did and, especially in the discovery process, were utterly absorbed in their work.

And she led him out of the room, unnoticed by the rest of the party, who were wholly absorbed in watching the old Beggar.

It is wrong to be so absorbed in the divine law as not to perceive the human law.

Ruthie and Winfield watched, absorbed.

For instance, that the earth, by the continual approaches of the sun towards it, must in course of time be absorbed or swallowed up.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Nicotine also is absorbed readily when tobacco is chewed. (references)

THC in marijuana is readily absorbed by fatty tissues in various organs. (references)

Fructose is a special type of sugar that is slowly absorbed into the system. (references)

Business

More than 50 percent was absorbed by the home and Small Office Home Office (SOHO) user groups. (references)

GIB is unlikely to sell off the chain to its main competitor, McDonald's, because it deems Quick's market position too strong to be absorbed by McDonald's. (references)

Civil Liberties

Yemen

Publicly funded Islamic schools will be absorbed into the national system. (references)

Namibia

In 2000 the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was absorbed into a combined Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Information and Broadcasting. (references)

Somalia

The TNG absorbed the Shari'a courts in Mogadishu during the year; however, the Government did not have effective control over the courts at year's end. (references)

Economic History

Taiwan

The PRC has absorbed 40% of Taiwan's overseas investment. (references)

Ghana

In 1985, the country absorbed an additional 100,000 expellees from Nigeria. (references)

Sao Tome and Principe

The islanders have been absorbed largely into a common Luso-African culture. (references)

Human Rights

Togo

In October 2000, the position of Minister for the Promotion of Democracy and the Rule of Law was absorbed into the Ministry of Justice. (references)

Somalia

The Islamic courts in Mogadishu gradually were absorbed during the year by the TNG, and the courts in Merka and Beledweyne ceased to function. (references)

Malawi

Traditional court judges, absorbed into the magistrate court system, also receive some training in court procedure and the body of law that they administer. (references)

Political Economy

PAKISTAN

Debt repayment absorbed approximately 40 percent of the government's budget. (references)

Georgia

The political elite was absorbed in the debate over this proposal over by the summer. (references)

ISRAEL

Those costs were absorbed within the 2001 budget by cutting spending in most non-security areas. (references)

Trade

Austria

The VAT is a pure tax on transactions that is ultimately absorbed by the end-user or consumer. (references)

Nicaragua

Three banks closed in 2000 and one more was absorbed by another bank in 2001. Seven commercial banks operate in Nicaragua. (references)

Oman

ODB absorbed a former agriculture and fisheries bank in 1997. ODB's Export Credit & Financing Unit provides export financing and credit insurance. (references)

Worker Rights

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The age of leaving school at the primary level is 15 years; when these pupils leave school, they usually are absorbed into the labor market disguised as apprentices. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "absorbed": absorbed dose ♦ absorbed dose index ♦ absorbed dose rate ♦ absorbed in ♦ absorbed in thought ♦ absorbed power ♦ absorbed voltage ♦ average absorbed power ♦ be absorbed ♦ be absorbed in ♦ be absorbed in a book ♦ be absorbed in book ♦ become absorbed ♦ Bistable Etalon with Absorbed transmission ♦ cumulative absorbed dose ♦ depth absorbed dose ♦ integral absorbed dose ♦ maximum absorbed dose ♦ peak absorbed dose. Additional references.

Ending with "absorbed": non-absorbed, over-absorbed, re-absorbed, self-absorbed, under-absorbed.

Albanian

jam zhytur në libër (be absorbed in a book), i zhytur në mendime (absorbed in thought, bemused, immersed in thought, pensive, thoughtful). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مستغرق (absorbed in, deep, engrossed in, immersed, lost in, preoccupied with, rapt). (various references)

Bulgarian 

погълнат (full, intent, rapt). (various references)

Chinese 

吸�"� (ABS, Absorb, Absorbing, Absorption, assimilation, Recruited, Recruiting, sorb, sorbed). (various references)

Czech

být zahloubaný v knize (be absorbed in book). (various references)

Danish

absorberet dosis er energimaengden, som afsaettes af de ioniserende partikler i det betragtede omraade, pr. mass enhed af det bestraalede stof (absorbed dose : the amount of energy imparted to matter by ionizing particles per unit mass of irradiated material at the place of interest), absorberet dosishastighed (absorbed dose rate), absorberet dosisindeks (absorbed dose index), absorberet energi (absorbed power, average absorbed power), absorptionsspænding (absorbed voltage), afsat energi (energy imparted, energy imparted to matter, integral absorbed dose), akkumuleret dosis (accumulated dose, cumulative absorbed dose, cumulative dose, total dose), antallet af absorberede og som impulser talte kvantei (the number of quanta absorbed and counted as pulses), absorberet dosis (absorbed dose, dose), integreret absorberet dosis (integral absorbed dose, mean energy imparted), den integrerede absorberede dosis er den totale energimaengde, som afgives til stoffet af ioniserende partikler i hele det betragtede omraade (integral absorbed dose : the total quantity of energy imparted to the material by ionizing particles throughout the region of interest), dosis i dybden (depth absorbed dose, depth dose), dybdedosis (depth absorbed dose, depth dose), enhed for absorberet dosis (unit of absorbed dose), ioniserende straaling (absorbed dose), kumulativ dosis (accumulated dose, cumulative absorbed dose, cumulative dose, total dose), maksimalt absorberet dosis (maximum absorbed dose, peak absorbed dose), middel tildelt energi (integral absorbed dose, mean energy imparted), optaget effekt (absorbed power), overtagede produktionsmængde (production absorbed), saedvanligvis bliver 5-10% af foedens blyindhold resorberet (usually 5-10 % of dietary lead is absorbed), takket vaere den hoeje masseabsorptionskoefficient blev lavenergetisk roentgenstraaling naesten helt absorberet (by virtue of the high mass absorption coefficient, low-energy X-radiation was almost entirely absorbed), total energitilførsel (energy imparted, energy imparted to matter, integral absorbed dose), totaldosis (accumulated dose, cumulative absorbed dose, cumulative dose, total dose), vægt optaget vand (absorbed extraneous water), energiforbrug (energy absorbed, energy consumed, power absorbed, power consumed). (various references)

Dutch

aan materie overgedragen energie (energy imparted, energy imparted to matter, integral absorbed dose), een draineersysteem onttrekt aan de bodem slechts het vrije bodemwater,infiltratiewater en tussenlaags water,maar niet het gebonden capillaire water en adsorptiewater (but not capillary and absorbed water, infiltration water/seepage water/ and strata water can be removed from the soil, only gravitational ground water, where absorbing wells/well drains/drain wells/ are used), geabsorbeerde dosis is de hoeveelheid energie die door ioniserende deeltjes aan een bestraalde stof per eenheid van massa op een bepaalde plaats wordt overgedragen (absorbed dose : the amount of energy imparted to matter by ionizing particles per unit mass of irradiated material at the place of interest), geabsorbeerde dosis (absorbed dose, dose), geabsorbeerd vreemd water (absorbed extraneous water), geabsorbeerd vermogen (absorbed power), geabsorbeerde piekdosis (maximum absorbed dose, peak absorbed dose), eenheid van geabsorbeerde dosis (unit of absorbed dose), gecumuleerde dosis (accumulated dose, cumulative absorbed dose, cumulative dose, total dose), dosistempo (absorbed dose rate, dosage rate, dose rate), dosis (absorbed dose, application rate, dose), door de hoge massa-absorptiecoefficient wordt rontgenstraling met lage energie nagenoeg volledig geabsorbeerd (by virtue of the high mass absorption coefficient, low-energy X-radiation was almost entirely absorbed), dieptedosis (depth absorbed dose, depth dose), cumulatieve dosis (accumulated dose, cumulative absorbed dose, cumulative dose, total dose), broedje met verteerde dooierzak,tot eten in staat (absorbed yolk sac able to feed itself), energieoverdracht (energy imparted, energy imparted to matter, integral absorbed dose), integrale geabsorbeerde dosis (energy imparted, energy imparted to matter, integral absorbed dose), verdiept in (absorbed in), verbruikte energie (energy absorbed, energy consumed, power absorbed, power consumed), piekdosis (maximum absorbed dose, peak absorbed dose), overgenomen produktiehoeveelheid (production absorbed), opgenomen vermogen (absorbed power, input), geabsorbeerde integrale dosis is de in het gehele betrokken gebied door ioniserende deeltjes aan de stof overgedragen hoeveelheid energie (integral absorbed dose : the total quantity of energy imparted to the material by ionizing particles throughout the region of interest), opgaand in (absorbed in), verzonken in (absorbed in), index van de geabsorbeerde dosis (absorbed dose index), in gedachten verzonken (absorbed in thought, abstracted), gewoonlijk wordt 5-10 % van het lood uit de voedingsmiddelen geabsorbeerd (usually 5-10 % of dietary lead is absorbed), gesommerde dosis (accumulated dose, cumulative absorbed dose, cumulative dose, total dose), gemiddelde overdrachtsenergie (integral absorbed dose, mean energy imparted), gemiddelde blootstelling aan trilling (absorbed power, average absorbed power), opgenomen spanning (absorbed voltage). (various references)

Esperanto

absorbita de (absorbed in). (various references)

Finnish

ajatuksiin vaipunut (absorbed in thought), aineeseen siirtynyt energia (energy imparted, energy imparted to matter, integral absorbed dose), absorboitunut teho (absorbed power), absorboitunut tärinän teho (absorbed power, average absorbed power), absorboitunut annos (absorbed dose, dose), absorboituneiden annosten indeksi (absorbed dose index), syventyä (become absorbed in, get engrossed in, go deep into), suurin absorboitunut annos (maximum absorbed dose, peak absorbed dose), siirtynyt energia (energy imparted, energy imparted to matter, integral absorbed dose), ruokinnan starttivaiheen kala (absorbed yolk sac able to feed itself), ottoteho (absorbed power, input), kumuloitunut annos (accumulated dose, cumulative absorbed dose, cumulative dose, total dose), kertynyt annos (accumulated dose, cumulative absorbed dose, cumulative dose, total dose), imeytyä (be absorbed, penetrate, soak), energianluovutus (energy imparted, energy imparted to matter, integral absorbed dose). (various references)

French

absorbé. (various references)

German

vertieft (consolidated, deepens, engrossed, preoccupied, recessed, sunk face). (various references)

Greek 

προσλαμβανόμενη δόση:το ποσό της ενέργειας που μεταβιβάζεται στην ύλη από ιονίζοντα σωματίδια ανά μονάδα μάζας του ακτινοβολούμενου υλικ� (absorbed dose : the amount of energy imparted to matter by ionizing particles per unit mass of irradiated material at the place of interest), ολική απορροφημένη ενέργεια σε υλικό μέσο (energy imparted, energy imparted to matter, integral absorbed dose), ολική προσλαμβανόμενη δόση:η ολική ποσότητα της ενέργειας που ελευθερώνεται στο υλικό από ιονίζοντα σωματίδια στην υπό εξέταση περιοχή (integral absorbed dose : the total quantity of energy imparted to the material by ionizing particles throughout the region of interest), Λόγω του υψηλού συντελεστή μαζικής απορρόφησης,η χαμηλής ενέργειας ακτινοβολία Χ απορροφήθηκε σχεδόν εξ ολοκλήρου. (by virtue of the high mass absorption coefficient, low-energy X-radiation was almost entirely absorbed), αθροιστική δόση (accumulated dose, cumulative absorbed dose, cumulative dose, total dose), απορροφούμενη τάση (absorbed voltage), απορροφούμενη ποσότητα (absorbed dose), απορροφούμενη ισχύς (absorbed power, input), απορροφηθέν ύδωρ εξωτερικής προελεύσεως (absorbed extraneous water), απορροφημένη δόση (absorbed dose, dose), απορροφώμενη ισχύς (energy absorbed, energy consumed, power absorbed, power consumed), η κατά βάθος απορροφούμενη δόσις (depth absorbed dose, depth dose), Ο αριθμός των κβάντα που απορροφήθηκαν και μετρήθηκαν σαν παλμοί. (the number of quanta absorbed and counted as pulses), μονάδα απορροφημένης δόσης (unit of absorbed dose), μέγιστη απορροφούμενη δόση,απορροφούμενη δόση αιχμής (maximum absorbed dose, peak absorbed dose), μέση απορροφούμενη ισχύς (absorbed power), μέση απορροφηθείσα ισχύς (absorbed power, average absorbed power), μέση προσδιδόμενη ενέργεια,ολοκληρωτική απορροφούμενη (integral absorbed dose, mean energy imparted), ιονίζουσα ακτινοβολία (absorbed dose, ionizing radiation), συνήθως απορροφάται το 5-10% του μολύβδου της τροφής (usually 5-10 % of dietary lead is absorbed), συσσωρευμένη δόση (accumulated dose, cumulative absorbed dose, cumulative dose, total dose), ρυθμός απορροφημένης δόσης (absorbed dose rate), ένα μέρος του απορροφούμενου μολύβδου επανεκβάλλεται μέσω του γαστρεντερικού συστήματος και αποβάλλεται (a part of the absorbed lead is re-excreted through the gastro-intestinal tractand eliminated), καταναλισκώμενη ισχύς (energy absorbed, energy consumed, power absorbed, power consumed), Τα στραγγιστικά έργα δεν επιτρέπουν την απαγωγή παρά μόνον των ρεόντων υπογείων υδάτων,των υδάτων διήθησης και του υδροφόρου ορίζοντα.�"εν (but not capillary and absorbed water, infiltration water/seepage water/ and strata water can be removed from the soil, only gravitational ground water, where absorbing wells/well drains/drain wells/ are used). (various references)

Hebrew 

משוקע (concave, immersed, sunken), תפוס (busy, engaged, occupied, reserved), � קלט, � בלע (swallowed). (various references)

Hungarian

mély (capacious, deep, impressive, low, lowly, low-pitched, profound, recondite, rich, to get beyond one's depth, to get out of one's depth, to go beyond one's depth, to go out of one's depth), feszült (drawn, earnest, intensive, strained, strung, tense, uptight), elmerült (immersed, rapt, sunken), elmélyedt (to be engrossed). (various references)

Icelandic

niðursokkinn í (absorbed in). (various references)

Indonesian

tersedot, tercerna (digestible, dissolved), cerna (digested, dissolved). (various references)

Italian

assorbito (adsorbate, engrossed). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

凝る (to be a fanatic, to be absorbed in, to be devoted to, to congeal, to elaborate, to freeze, to grow stiff, to harden, to stiffen). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きゅうきゅうとしている (to be absorbed in, to think only of), ぼつにゅう (be absorbed in), ふける (to advance, to age, to be absorbed in, to be engrossed in, to be lost in, to be obsessed by, to become ready to eat, to change with age, to get late, to give oneself up to, to indulge in, to spoil from weathering, to wear on), のめり�"む (to be completely absorbed in, to fall for), どくしょざ�"まい (be absorbed in reading), �"る (to be a fanatic, to be absorbed in, to be devoted to, to elaborate, to grow stiff), むがむちゅう (be absorbed in, lose oneself in), むにむざ�" (be completely absorbed in, in earnest), やみつく (to be addicted to, to be taken ill, to become absorbed in, to give oneself up), やみつき (being addicted to, being wholly absorbed by), よみふける (to be absorbed in reading), け�"そく (arrest, being exclusively absorbed in something, custody, restraint), ていかい (adjournment, going about immersed or absorbed in, lingering, loitering, recess of legislature, reluctance to leave, suspension of a meeting), え�"�'きずく (to be absorbed in a play). (various references)

Korean 

흡수하�". (various references)

Manx

sooit stiagh, jiolit seose (mopped up). (various references)

Pig Latin

absorbeday.(various references)

Portuguese

absorto (absent minded, abstracted, deep, ecstatic, lost, oblivious). (various references)

Russian 

абсорбированный, поглощенный чем-л., поглощенный (immersed, input, rapt). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zadubljen (engrossed, immersed), upijen. (various references)

Spanish

absorbido, absorto (deep, engrossed, lost, preoccupied, rapt). (various references)

Swedish

ingick i, fördjupad (immersed). (various references)

Turkish

dikkatini vermiş, dalmış (engrossed, immersed, intent, involved, lost in, submersed, wrapped, wrapt). (various references)

Turkmen 

siсmek (be absorbed, be digested). (various references)

Ukranian 

захоплений (admiring, boffo, busy in, captive, captured, delighted, enthusiastic, enthusiastical, infatuated, obsessed, rapt, rapturous). (various references)

Vietnamese 

say mê (crazily, dotingly, keen, nut), miệt m� i (absorbedly, absorption, arduous, deep), mê mải, chăm chú (absorbedly, open-eared). (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "absorbed": reabsorbed, unabsorbed. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Absorbed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: absored, absorped, absured, obsorbed. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dabbers, dobbers.

-2 letters: abodes, absorb, adobes, adores, adsorb, ardebs, barbed, barbes, bardes, beards, boards, breads, broads, dabber, debars, desorb, dobber, dobras, oreads, robbed, sabbed, sabred, sarode, serdab, soared, sobbed, sobber, sorbed.

-3 letters: abbes, abode, adobe, adore, ardeb, arose, babes, barbe, barbs, barde, bards, bared, bares, based, baser, beads, beard, bears, board, boars, bodes, boras, bored, bores, brads, braes, bread, broad, brose, darbs, dares, dears, debar, dobra, doers, dorsa, doser, drabs, oared, orbed, oread, rased, reads, redos, resod, roads, robed, robes, rosed, sabed, saber, sabre, sarod, sober.

-4 letters: abbe, abed, abos, ados, aero, arbs, ares, arse, babe, bade, bads, barb, bard, bare, bars, base, bead, bear, beds, boar, boas, bobs, bode, bods, bora, bore, brad, brae, bras, bred, bros, dabs, darb, dare, dear, debs, doer, does, dore, dors, dose, drab, ears, ebbs, eras, eros, oars, obes, odea, odes, orad, orbs, ores, osar, rads, rase, read, rebs, redo, reds, road, robe, robs, rode, rods, roes, rose, sabe, sade, sard, sear, sera, soar, soda, sora, sorb, sord, sore.

-5 letters: abo, abs, ado, ads, arb, are, ars, bad, bar, bas, bed, boa, bob, bod, bos, bra, bro, dab, deb, doe, dor, dos, ear, ebb, eds, era, ers, oar, obe, ode, ods, oes, ora, orb, ore, ors, ose, rad, ras, reb, red, res, rob, rod, roe, sab, sad, sae, sea, ser, sob, sod.

+1 letter: baseboard.

+2 letters: adsorbable, baseboards, breadboxes, reabsorbed, unabsorbed.

+3 letters: bargeboards, bombardiers, breadboards, fiberboards, fibreboards.

+4 letters: beaverboards, boatbuilders, bombardments.

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