Definitions
1.verbTo take advantage of the kindness of others."He has been sponging off his friends for a month now."
2.verbTo get by imposition; to scrounge."to sponge a breakfast"
3.verbTo deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
4.verbTo clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
5.verbTo suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
6.verbTo wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
7.verbTo be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
8.nounThe application of a sponge.