sponge
noun
1. a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
Definition categories: substance, absorbent
2. someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
- she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge
Definition categories: person, assimilator, learner, scholar
3. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
Similar word(s): leech, parasite, sponger
Definition categories: person, follower
4. primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
Similar word(s): parazoan, poriferan
Definition categories: animal, invertebrate
verb
1. wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
Definition categories: contact, wipe
2. ask for and get free; be a parasite
Similar word(s): bum, cadge, grub, mooch
Definition categories: possession, obtain
3. erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
Definition categories: contact, efface, erase
4. soak up with a sponge
Definition categories: contact, mop
5. gather sponges, in the ocean
Definition categories: contact, collect, garner, gather
Sentences with sponge as a verb:
- to sponge a breakfast