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What is the adjective for absorbed?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb absorb which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

absorbed
  1. Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
  2. Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Every medieval craftsman was completely absorbed in his work, to which he was subjected to a far greater extent than the modern worker whose work is a matter of indifference to him.”
      “She was all absorbed with the music. Marcia had placed herself where the light from the window fell full across her face, and every flitting expression as she followed the undulant sounds was visible.”
      “If you bake it, as I do here, more of the absorbed marinade will remain in the finished dish than if you grill it.”
absorbing
absorbent
  1. Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. [First attested in the early 18th century.]
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Before laying your liner, compact the soil and cover it with a layer of sand or an absorbent material such as old carpeting or newspaper.”
absorptive
  1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Gluten causes the intestinal mucosa to lose its villous structure and absorptive capacity.”
      “There is also a hydrocarbon absorptive catalyst in the catalytic converter to clean up tailpipe emissions.”
      “He intuitively exploited the paper's absorptive qualities to create several ethereal white-on-white works.”
absorbable
  1. Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Juicing vegetables and fruit is a delicious way to get the nutrients they contain in a liquid form that is highly absorbable.”
      “There is no homeostatic control mechanism for selenium absorption and selenium is highly absorbable.”
      “Chemical digestion breaks down large, nonabsorbable food molecules into smaller, absorbable molecules.”
absorbefacient
  1. (medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
absorbant
absorptional
  1. Relating to absorption.
absorbifacient
  1. (rare) absorbent
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