The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ABSORB , but the solution may also be HEM which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Take up, in a way crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABSORB | 50 % | 6 |
| HEM | 50 % | 3 |
Why may HEM be the right solution?
"Take up" can mean to shorten a garment by folding and sewing the edge, which is called "hemming." Therefore, the answer to "Take up, in a way" is "HEM."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Take up, in a way
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- settle down
- urbanize
- urbanized
- absorb
- adopt
- pick
- lap
- resume
- embrace
- scoop
- alter
- take up
Crossword Answer definitions
ABSORB verb- 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.
- To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
- To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
- To take in energy and convert it, as
- To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully
- To occupy or consume time.
- Assimilate mentally.
- To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
- To defray the costs.
- To accept or purchase in quantity.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ABSORB
- Gather in
- Soak up
- Sponge up
- Muffle, as shock
- Be like a sponge
- Take in
- Act like a sponge
- Incorporate
- Suck up, like a sponge
- Hold with rapt attention