absorbed
adjUS /æbˈsɔɹbd/
Etymology From absorb + -ed.
1
Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.
- fully absorbed
- deeply absorbed
3 more examples
- She was so absorbed in her book that she didn’t hear the phone.
- The scientist remained absorbed in his experiments.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:absorbed.
2
That has been taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:absorbed.
- Derived terms
- absorbedly, absorbedness, malabsorbed, nonabsorbed, preabsorbed, unabsorbed