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absorbing

adj
/əbˈzɔː.bɪŋ/UK/æbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/US

Etymology

From absorb + -ing.

  1. derived from *srebʰ-✻
  2. derived from absorbeō — “swallow up”
  3. derived from assorbir
  4. derived from absorber
  5. suffixed as absorbing — “absorb + ing”

Definitions

  1. Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.

    • an absorbing pursuit
    • It was a dramatic finish to an absorbing, fast-paced game but Blackburn will be deeply unhappy with referee Anthony Taylor as Nzonzi's handball was harsh.

  2. Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.

  3. present participle and gerund of absorb

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Absorption.

The neighborhood

Derived

absorbingly, nonabsorbing, unabsorbing, vibroabsorbing

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for absorbing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA