Le mot anglais du jour

sponge

éponge

Définitions

anglais > français
sponge
1. n. Éponge (animal).
2. v. Éponger.
3. v. Vivre aux dépens de, vivre aux crochets de, profiter (de).
I swear I'm not sponging!
Je te jure que je ne profite pas !
She is sponging off the state.
Elle vit aux crochets de l'État.
anglais > anglais
sponge
1. n. Any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
2. n. A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
3. n. A porous material such as sponges consist of.
4. n. (informal) A heavy drinker.
5. n. A type of light cake.
6. n. (British) A type of steamed pudding.
7. n. (slang) 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. n. A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
9. n. Any sponge-like substance.
10. n. (baking) 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.
11. n. Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
12. n. Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
13. n. 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.
14. n. The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
15. v. (intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
He has been sponging off his friends for a month now.
16. v. To get by imposition; to scrounge.
to sponge a breakfast
17. v. To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
18. v. To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
19. v. To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
20. v. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
21. v. (intransitive, baking) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
français > anglais
éponge
1. n-f. sponge (creature)
2. n-f. sponge (tool for washing)