SPONGE

Sponge

Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera . They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells.

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sponge

Noun

  1. Any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
  2. A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
  3. A porous material such as sponges consist of.
  4. A heavy drinker.
  5. A type of light cake; sponge cake.
  6. A type of steamed pudding.
  7. A 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. A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a .
  9. Any spongelike substance.
    1. Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
    2. Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
    3. Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
  10. A 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. The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel.

Verb

  1. To take advantage of the kindness of others.
  2. To get by imposition; to scrounge.
  3. To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
  4. To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
  5. To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
  6. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
  7. To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.


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