| absorb | (verb) cause to become one with | - |
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| (verb) take up mentally | Synonyms: assimilate, ingest, take in |
| (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: engage, engross, occupy |
| (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep |
| (verb) take in, also metaphorically | Synonyms: draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up |
| (verb) become imbued | - |
| (verb) assimilate or take in | - |
| (verb) take up, as of debts or payments | Synonyms: take over |
| (verb) suck or take up or in | Synonyms: take in |
| adsorb | (verb) accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface | - |
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| barb | (verb) provide with barbs | - |
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| chemisorb | (verb) take up a substance by chemisorption | - |
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| curb | (verb) place restrictions on | Synonyms: curtail, cut back, restrict |
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| (verb) keep to the curb | - |
| (verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, control, hold, hold in, moderate |
| desorb | (verb) go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed | - |
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| (verb) remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed | - |
| disturb | (verb) destroy the peace or tranquility of | Synonyms: interrupt |
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| (verb) damage as if by shaking or jarring | - |
| (verb) tamper with | Synonyms: touch |
| (verb) change the arrangement or position of | Synonyms: agitate, commove, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex |
| (verb) move deeply | Synonyms: trouble, upset |
| garb | (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
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| orb | (verb) move in an orbit | Synonyms: orbit, revolve |
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| perturb | (verb) throw into great confusion or disorder | Synonyms: derange, throw out of kilter |
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| (verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, trouble, unhinge |
| (verb) cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull | - |
| (verb) disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom | - |
| reabsorb | (verb) undergo resorption | Synonyms: resorb |
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| resorb | (verb) undergo resorption | Synonyms: reabsorb |
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| sorb | (verb) take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption | Synonyms: take up |
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