ABSORB

• Act like a sponge

• Assimilate

• Blot

• Drink in

• Engross

• Engross wholly

• Gather in

• Hold with rapt attention

• Incorporate

• Involve deeply

• Learn

• Learn well

• Soak up

• Sponge up

• Sponges do it

• Suck up, as a sponge

• Suck up, like a sponge

• Take in

• Take in fully

• Take in, as knowledge

• Take up, as liquid

• Take up, in a way

• Totally involve

• What paper towels do

• Work like a sponge

• Work like paper towels

• Work well, as kitchen towels