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sponge

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Synonyms: spooge, spongy, spouge, spong, spunge, stonge, sponde, spange, spongi, spongo, sporge

Antonyms: spooge, spongy, spouge, spong, spunge, stonge, sponde, spange, spongi, spongo, sporge

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Noun

  1. {{lb|en|countable}} Any of various [[marine]] [[invertebrate]]s of the phylum {{taxfmt|Porifera|phylum}}, that have a [[porous]] [[skeleton]] often of [[silica]].
  2. {{lb|en|countable}} A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
  3. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
  4. {{lb|en|informal}} A heavy [[drinker]].
  5. {{lb|en|countable|uncountable}} A type of light [[cake]].
  6. {{lb|en|countable|uncountable|British}} A type of [[steamed]] [[pudding]].
  7. {{lb|en|slang}} A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
  8. A person who readily [[absorb]]s ideas.
  9. {{lb|en|countable}} A form of [[contraception]] that is inserted [[vagina]]lly; a [[w:Contraceptive sponge|contraceptive sponge]].
  10. Any sponge-like substance.
  11. A [[mop]] for cleaning the [[bore]] of a [[cannon]] after a [[discharge]]. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with [[sheepskin]] with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped [[nap]], and having a handle, or staff.
  12. The [[extremity]], or point, of a [[horseshoe]], corresponding to the [[heel]].

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|intransitive|slang}} To [[take advantage of]] the [[kindness]] of others.
  2. {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive|_|with ''[[on]]'' or ''[[upon]]''}} To get by [[imposition]]; to [[scrounge]].
  3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[deprive]] (somebody) of something by imposition.
  4. To [[clean]], [[soak]] up, or [[dab]] with a sponge.
  5. To suck in, or [[imbibe]], like a sponge.
  6. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
  7. {{lb|en|intransitive|baking}} To be [[convert]]ed, as [[dough]], into a light, spongy mass by the agency of [[yeast]] or [[leaven]].
  8. {{lb|en|marine biology|of dolphins}} To use a piece of wild sponge as a [[tool]] when [[forage|foraging]] for [[food]].

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