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- pronunciation:
- ihn
gros
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
engrosses, engrossing, engrossed |
| definition: |
to interest or occupy fully to the exclusion of all else.
He was apparently engrossed by the television and didn't acknowledge my arrival.- synonyms:
- absorb, consume, immerse, involve, preoccupy
- similar words:
- arrest, bury, devour, engage, fix, hold, interest, obsess, rivet
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| related words: |
abstract, amuse, fascinate, grip, possess |
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| derivation: |
engrossedly (adv.) |
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