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sponge



I - 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 (Freq. 1)
Derivationally related forms:
spongy
Hypernyms:
absorbent material, absorbent
2. someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
- she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge
Syn:
quick study
Hypernyms:
learner, scholar, assimilator
3. primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework;
usually occurs in sessile colonies
Syn:
poriferan, parazoan
Derivationally related forms:
spongy
Hypernyms:
invertebrate
Hyponyms:
glass sponge
Member Holonyms:
Porifera, phylum Porifera
4. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
Syn:
leech, parasite, sponger
Derivationally related forms:
sponge (for: sponger), parasitic (for: parasite), parasitical (for: parasite)
Hypernyms:
follower

II - verb
1. wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten (Freq. 2)
Hypernyms:
wipe, pass over
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. ask for and get free;
be a parasite
Syn:
mooch, bum, cadge, grub
Derivationally related forms:
sponger, cadger (for: cadge), bum (for: bum), moocher (for: mooch)
Hypernyms:
obtain
Hyponyms:
freeload
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
3. erase with a sponge;
as of words on a blackboard
Hypernyms:
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. soak up with a sponge
Hypernyms:
wipe up, mop up, mop
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. gather sponges, in the ocean
Derivationally related forms:
sponger
Hypernyms:
gather, garner, collect, pull together
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- In the summer they like to go out and sponge

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