Absorbs meaning : To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. To engulf, as in water; to swallow up. To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. To take in energy and convert it, as To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully To occupy or consume time. Assimilate mentally. To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction. To defray the costs. To accept or purchase in quantity.