| 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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| chemisorb | (verb) take up a substance by chemisorption | - |
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| 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 | - |
| reabsorb | (verb) undergo resorption | Synonyms: resorb |
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| resorb | (verb) undergo resorption | Synonyms: reabsorb |
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| sorb | (noun) acid gritty-textured fruit | Synonyms: sorb apple |
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| (verb) take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption | Synonyms: take up |