To Take in or Soak Up
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Underground Worlds, Group 2179, Puzzle 1 (Blue Grotto).
Question is: To Take in or 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.