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sponge   (TTS Sound)

The noun sponge has 4 senses

• sponge -- (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)


• quick study, sponge -- (someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge")


• leech, parasite, sponge, sponger -- (a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage)


• sponge, poriferan, parazoan -- (primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies)

The verb sponge has 5 senses

• sponge -- (wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten)


• mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge -- (ask for and get free; be a parasite)


• sponge -- (erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard)


• sponge -- (soak up with a sponge)


• sponge -- (gather sponges, in the ocean)