Found 4 items, similar to Sponged.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: sponge
sepon
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: sponge
bunga karang, menempeli, spon
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sponge
sponge
v 1: wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
2: ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn:
mooch,
bum,
cadge,
grub]
3: erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
4: soak up with a sponge
5: gather sponges, in the ocean
sponge
n 1: a porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal
skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb
water or any porous rubber or cellulose product
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2: someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and
easily;
“she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge”
[syn:
quick study]
3: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the
host) in hope of gain or advantage [syn:
leech,
parasite,
sponger]
4: primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is
supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs
in sessile colonies [syn:
poriferan,
parazoan]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sponged
Sponge
\Sponge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Sponged (sp[u^]njd); p.
pr. & vb. n.
Sponging (sp[u^]n"j[i^]ng).]
1. To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or
a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth.
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2. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to
efface; to destroy all trace of. --Hooker.
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3. Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.
“How came
such multitudes of our nation . . . to be sponged of their
plate and their money?” --South.
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4. Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as,
to sponge a breakfast. --Swift.
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