To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.
To take in energy and convert it, as
To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
To occupy or consume time.
To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
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.
Assimilate mentally.
To accept or purchase in quantity.
To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.
To defray the costs.
in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
To take up, embrace, enact, or turn eagerly to (a plan, idea, ideology, cause, practice, method, etc.); to grasp, understand, and accept quickly; to adopt wholeheartedly or vigorously.
To grasp or take hold of (an object) suddenly, forcibly, or tightly.
To take possession of or claim (an idea, person, event, etc.) as one's own; to assimilate, absorb, annex, co-opt.