absorb

/əbˈzɔːb/ verb

Definition

› to take in liquid, gas, or heat and hold it: Cook the rice until all the liquid has been absorbed.

› to understand and remember something: It’s hard to absorb so much information.

(Definition of absorb verb from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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