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1.nounAny of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
2.nounA piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
3.nounA porous material such as sponges consist of.
4.nounA heavy drinker.
5.nounA type of light cake.
6.nounA type of steamed pudding.
7.nounA 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.nounA form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
9.nounAny sponge-like substance.
10.nounA 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.
11.nounThe extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
12.nounA nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
13.verbTo take advantage of the kindness of others."He has been sponging off his friends for a month now."
14.verbTo get by imposition; to scrounge."to sponge a breakfast"
15.verbTo deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
16.verbTo clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
17.verbTo suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
18.verbTo wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
19.verbTo be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.