Absorb

1. v. t. To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass.
2. v. t. To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
3. v. t. To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
4. v. t. To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.