Clues for the word "ABSORB"
We've had 55 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 222 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on January 07, 2026.
Definition of absorb
- v. t. - To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
- v. t. - To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
- v. t. - To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.
- v. t. - To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass.
Referring Clues
- Soak up
- Take in
- Assimilate
- What paper towels do
- Work like paper towels
- Act like a sponge
- Suck up, like a sponge
- Incorporate
- Engross
- Sop up
- Work well, as kitchen towels
- Suck up
- Take up, as liquid
- Sponges do it
- Hold with rapt attention
- Imbibe
- Suck up, as a sponge
- Totally involve
- Learn
- Drink in
- Drink in
- Soak in
- Sponge up
- Work like a sponge
- Learn well
- Swallow, as costs
- Soak up like a sponge
- Emulate a sponge
- Sponge
- Rivet
- Swallow up
- What sponges do
- Use a sponge
- What a sponge does
- Take in first two letters before brothers turn up
- Soak up (6)
- Take in the sailor's world?
- Take in backward siblings with qualification
- Jack's brother about to imbibe
- Soak up - engross
- Hold sailor's globe
- Sailor's something round to swallow
- Grip a British tree
- Hold the interest of
- Take in sailor using Rob's mobile
- Soak up(6)
- Assimilate, integrate
- Suck in stomach muscles or bulge at the front
- Take in siblings, degree coming up
- Take in sailor's sphere
- Take in some cabs or buses
- Take in, as knowledge
- Be a sponge
- Successfully study
- Take, as a loss
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - January 07, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - December 24, 2025
- New York Times - October 08, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 20, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 31, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 05, 2025
- New York Times - May 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 14, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 01, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 15, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 04, 2025
- LA Times - February 02, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 24, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 08, 2024
- New York Times - October 25, 2024
- LA Times - September 30, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - September 10, 2024
- Daily American - August 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 16, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 17, 2024
- Daily Quick - April 30, 2024
- Daily American - March 29, 2024
- And in 192 more crossword puzzles...