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Engrossed

verb
/ɛn.ˈɡɹoʊst/
Word Frequency: 1.2

Definitions

1.verbTo write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.
2.verbTo buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).
3.verbTo monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.
4.verbTo completely engage the attention of.
"She seems to be completely engrossed in that book."
5.verbTo thicken; to condense.
6.verbTo make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
7.verbTo amass.
8.adjectivePreoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else.
9.adjective(of a document) Finalized, written in large letters.

Synonyms

amoundhoardcorner the marketinspissateabsorbedattentiveintentraptwrittenwrappedenwrappedadsorbed

Rhymes With

hostripostepostboastutmostoutposttoastcoast
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