Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Soaking up; imbibing; taking up.
- Engrossing; enchanting: as, the spectacle was most absorbing.
Wiktionary
- adj. statistics Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
- v. present participle of absorb.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Swallowing, engrossing.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. capable of arousing and holding the attention
Etymologies
- absorb + -ing (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In his skilled hands, these two journeys are rivetingly told, in absorbing, meticulous detail.”
The Washington Post: James Swanson's "Bloody Crimes," reviewed by John Waugh
“Doctors can indirectly assess pancreatic function with a 72-hour stool collection, in combination with a three-day dietary record, to determine how much fat a child is absorbing from the food he or she is eating.”
“Maybe a helping factor in absorbing shotgun recoil is that i weigh 290 pounds or I'm to dumb to acknowledge the pain.”
“McGahee suffered a neck injury in absorbing a vicious blow from safety Ryan Clark after catching a pass over the middle with 3: 29 remaining.”
'This is a 12-round slugfest,' but Steelers too tough for Ravens
“Arkansas, meanwhile, was overwhelmed in absorbing a second blowout in as many games to a Top 10 team.”
“Matt Leinart is getting a crash course in absorbing the pro game, but he'll be better for it in the long run.”
“Their confidence that they could negotiate these reforms through the union movement and electoral politics, and thus avoid the perils of class warfare, demonstrates political elites 'success in absorbing and redirecting dissent during the crisis of the Depression.”
Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583
“Chillingly, the report added, "They may also find difficulty in absorbing the additional costs, to comply with the Directive.”
“Through it all, though our costs inevitably increased to some degree, we were generally successful in absorbing them internally.”
“Nothing shews so strongly the power of love, in absorbing every faculty of the soul, as my dear Sophia's being prevailed on to use art with the friend most dear to her on earth.”
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