Absorbs

verb

1. 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. To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
3. To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
4. To take in energy and convert it, as

   "Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass."

5. To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully