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    sponge
    [spənj]
    noun
    sponge (noun)
    sponges (plural noun)
    sponge cake (noun)
    sponge cakes (plural noun)
    1. a primitive sedentary aquatic invertebrate with a soft porous body that is typically supported by a framework of fibers or calcareous or glassy spicules. Sponges draw in a current of water to extract nutrients and oxygen.
      • a piece of a soft, light, porous substance originally consisting of the fibrous skeleton of an invertebrate but now usually made of synthetic material. Sponges absorb liquid and are used for washing and cleaning.
        • BRITISH ENGLISH
          short for sponge cake.
          "a chocolate sponge"
          "the gateau is made with moist sponge"
          • informal
            derogatory
            a person who lives at someone else's expense.
            Similar:
            parasite
            hanger-on
            leech
            scrounger
            passenger
            drone
            beggar
            verb
            sponge (verb)
            sponges (third person present)
            sponged (past tense)
            sponged (past participle)
            sponging (present participle)
            spongeing (present participle)
            1. wipe, rub, or clean with a wet sponge or cloth:
              "she sponged him down in an attempt to cool his fever"
              Similar:
              wash
              clean
              wipe
              swab
              mop
              rinse
              sluice
              • informal
                obtain or accept money or food from other people without doing or intending to do anything in return:
                "they found they could earn a perfectly good living by sponging off others"
                Similar:
                live off
                scrounge off/from
                be a parasite on
                impose on
                beg from
                borrow from
                be dependent on
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                Origin
                Old English sponge (in sponge), via Latin from Greek spongia, later form of spongos, reinforced in Middle English by Old French esponge.
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                A sponge is a sea animal with a soft round body made of natural sponge. A sponge is a piece of sponge that you use for washing yourself or for cleaning things. He wiped off the table with a sponge. If you sponge something, you clean it by wiping it with a wet sponge. Fill a bowl with water and gently sponge your face and body. [VERB noun]

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