Past tense of absorb

Forms of absorb

Absorbed in a sentence

• Wages absorbed 80% of the total revenue (which was inescapable), and they were rising at almost twice the rate of fares, which were pegged by law.2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51
• The drops of water slowly absorbed into the dry sponge.
• She was so absorbed in her book that she didn’t hear the phone.From the entry absorbed
• The DNA test returned a false negative because the killer was a chimera, having absorbed her twin in utero.From the entry chimera
• The scientist remained absorbed in his experiments.From the entry absorbed

Meaning of absorb

1. verb 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.
2. verb To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
3. verb To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.

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Questions about the past tense of absorb

What is the past tense of absorb?

The past tense of absorb is absorbed.

What is the past participle of absorb?

The past participle of absorb is absorbed.

Is absorb a regular or irregular verb?

Absorb is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.