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| sponge |
| 1. spons |
| Engels > Engels |
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| 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 n. A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).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. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| spons |
| 1. n-f. sponge |
