engross
engross is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
- transitive verb. To amass.
- transitive verb. To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment.
- transitive verb. To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts.
- transitive verb. To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power.
- verb. consume all of one's attention or time
"Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
- verb. devote (oneself) fully to
"He immersed himself into his studies"
Synonyms
absorb, engage, occupy, engulf, immerse, plunge, steep
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in engross:
Common word forms
engrossed, engrosser, engrosses, engrossing, engrossment
Words from these letters
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