Soak Up
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Circus, Group 86, Puzzle 4 (Bed of Nails).
Question is: Soak Up
and the answer is: ABSORB
Word Meaning:
ABSORB — (transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
Definitions from Wiktionary.