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Noun sponge has 4 senses
- sponge - a porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
--1 is a kind of absorbent material, absorbent
- quick study, sponge - someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge"
--2 is a kind of learner, scholar, assimilator
- leech, parasite, sponge, sponger - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
--3 is a kind of follower
- sponge, poriferan, parazoan - primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
--4 is a kind of invertebrate
--4 is a member of Porifera, phylum Porifera
--4 has particulars: glass sponge
Verb sponge has 5 senses
- sponge - wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
--1 is one way to wipe, pass over
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge - ask for and get free; be a parasite
--2 is one way to obtain
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- sponge - erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
--3 is one way to erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- sponge - soak up with a sponge
--4 is one way to wipe up, mop up, mop
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- sponge - gather sponges, in the ocean
--5 is one way to gather, garner, collect, pull together
Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and sponge
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