Word "ABSORB" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
consume all of one's attention or time
Synonyms:
engage, engross, occupy
Examples:
Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
take up, as of debts or payments
Synonyms:
take over
Examples:
absorb the costs for something

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
take up mentally
Synonyms:
assimilate, ingest, take in
Examples:
he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe

Crossword Clues for ABSORB

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Collect gravy with bread
Greatly interest type shortly in a pair of books (6)
Assimilate, imbibe
Take in with the eye of a sailor (6)
Soak up (a liquid) Mirror Tea Time 30 Mar 2024
Flick tips will ___ shock (6)
Incorporate or soak up (6)
Engross a bachelor with rising musical duo (6)
Soak up, like a sponge
Take in sailor's sphere (6) Puzzler Cryptic 13 Feb 2024
Draw in Wall Street Journal 08 Feb 2024
Suck up, take in (6) Puzzler 18 Jan 2024
Soak up, as water Newsday 15 Jan 2024
Draw in, as a sponge
Soak up Mirror Classic 21 Dec 2023
Soak up (6) Puzzler 13 Dec 2023
Soak up The Times Concise 08 Dec 2023
Take in a pair of books about society with gold (6)
Be an effective sponge
Engross or assimilate Puzzler Backwords 02 Dec 2023
Soak it up in bar : sob about it (6)
Take in, imbibe (6)
Soak up The Telegraph Quick 02 Oct 2023
Soak up Eugene Sheffer 10 Jul 2023
Sop up Premier Sunday 14 May 2023
Sponge up Premier Sunday 22 Jan 2023
Rabbi's love for one prepared to learn
Soak up Premier Sunday 09 Oct 2022
Soak up LA Times Daily 26 Sep 2022
Seaman's covering globe, perhaps in hold The Telegraph Toughie 25 Aug 2022
Take in The Times Concise 03 Jul 2022
Assimilate or soak up Irish Times Simplex 08 Jun 2022
Soak up USA Today 02 May 2022
13 hands regularly on ruby cushion
Take in or soak up Irish Times Simplex 07 Feb 2022
Monopolise rating’s world The Times Cryptic 31 Jan 2022
Soak up (liquid) The Times Concise 18 Jan 2022
Soak up, like a paper towel
On ABBA's tour, oddly, Bjorn's first to imbibe
Soak up USA Today 11 Nov 2021
Suck up, as water The Washington Post Sunday 26 Sep 2021
Internalize Newsday 02 Sep 2021
Soak up like a sponge Newsday 23 Aug 2021
Assimilate or soak up Irish Times Simplex 03 Aug 2021
Take in a small circle, including bishop The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Jul 2021
Consume a British dessert, but not last two portions
Soak up Universal 02 Jun 2021
Sop up Premier Sunday 30 May 2021
Soak up Thomas Joseph 17 Apr 2021
Imbibe, assimilate Irish Times Simplex 10 Apr 2021
Draw in muscles with heavenly body The Sun Two Speed 07 Mar 2021
Assimilate The Sun Two Speed 07 Mar 2021
Assimilate or soak up Irish Times Simplex 29 Jan 2021
Dean leaves broad beans to soak Irish Times Crosaire 22 Jan 2021
Soak up Newsday 13 Dec 2020
Soak up LA Times Daily 22 Sep 2020
Soak up The Washington Post 22 Sep 2020
Soak up Eugene Sheffer 07 Aug 2020
Soak up Wall Street Journal 28 Jul 2020
Soak up USA Today 25 Jul 2020
Engross sailors or bishop The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Jul 2020
Sop up Universal 26 Jun 2020
Assimilate, soak up Irish Times Simplex 10 Jun 2020
Sailors at ball drink up
Take in the world of a naval type? The Telegraph Toughie 17 Apr 2020
Take in Universal 16 Apr 2020
Soak up (liquid) The Times Concise 03 Apr 2020
Soak up New York Times 18 Feb 2020
Digest, as knowledge The Washington Post Sunday 09 Feb 2020
Be a sponge Family Time 05 Jan 2020
Drink in brother's bar, after cutting back The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Nov 2019
Digest crab? Only half – brother's thrown up
Sponge up Premier Sunday 28 Jul 2019
Learn well LA Times Daily 07 Jul 2019
Learn well The Washington Post 07 Jul 2019
Sailor's round, getting drink in The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Jul 2019
Soak up, like a paper towel
Soak up Irish Times Simplex 22 Apr 2019
Soak up liquid The Telegraph General Knowledge 14 Apr 2019
Soak up
Soak up
Learn well
Soak up
Take in
Assimilate The Telegraph Quick 15 Aug 2018
Emulate a sponge Universal 13 Apr 2018
Soak up, like a sponge
Emulate a sponge
Take in New York Times 26 Nov 2017
Soak up The Telegraph Quick 19 Nov 2017
Hold the interest of Wall Street Journal 25 Oct 2017
Take in, as knowledge USA Today 24 Oct 2017
Suck up Jonesin 12 Sep 2017
Swallow up Newsday 03 Aug 2017
Soak up, like a sponge
Take in seaman and siblings briefly wanting lift
Take in the sailor's world
Take in
Take in, as knowledge
Act like a sponge The Washington Post 22 Nov 2016
Assimilate sailor's world? The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Sep 2016
Take in LA Times Daily 18 Aug 2016
Drink in Jonesin 05 Jul 2016
Swallow innards of crabs or beetles
Rivet Newsday 27 Feb 2016
Incorporate muscle, getting brothers to retreat
Sponge
Sponge LA Times Daily 01 Jan 2016
Take in
Act like a sponge Universal 10 Sep 2015
Take in muscles on brother's back
Da leaves Barbados with Digest Irish Times Crosaire 23 May 2015
Imbibe six-pack brother rejected The Telegraph Toughie 24 Apr 2015
Suck up, as a sponge USA Today 29 Mar 2015
Take in type of blood brothers set-up
Da took leave from Barbados for Digest Irish Times Crosaire 07 Mar 2015
Some taxicabs or buses are spongy The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Feb 2015
Understand brother's degree is rescinded The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Jan 2015
Digest the sphere of a sailor?
Take in
Act like a sponge
Be like a sponge
Soak up
Suck up, as a sponge
Soak up
Jack's brother about to imbibe
Suck in stomach muscles or bulge at the front
Take in
Learn well
Soak up
Take in
Drink in
Soak up like a sponge
Muffle, as shock
Soak up like a sponge
Sop up
Drink in
Take in
Swallow, as costs
Soak up
Work like a sponge
Engross
Engross
Work like a sponge
Sop up
Sponge up
Act like a sponge
Engross
Learn well
Soak up
Suck up, as a sponge
Hold with rapt attention
What paper towels do
Take in
Learn
Suck up, like a sponge
Assimilate
Assimilate
Work like paper towels
Suck up
What paper towels do
Work well, as kitchen towels
Work well, as kitchen towels
Sponges do it
Assimilate
Take up, as liquid
Incorporate
Assimilate
Sop up
Engross
Soak up
Act like a sponge
Soak up
Sop up
Take in
Blot
Suck up
Blot
Soak up
Suck up
Suck up
Suck up
Sponge up
Take up, in a way
Soak up
Take in fully
Suck up, like a sponge
Involve deeply
Incorporate
Take in
Incorporate
Engross
Sponge up
Occupy completely
Imbibe
Use a paper towel
Blot
Soak up.
Use up.
Drink in.
Take in moisture.
Blot up.
Engross wholly.
Assimilate.
Engross.
Interest greatly.
Swallow up.
Imbibe.
Soak up
Gather in
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