Sponges is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SPONGES in dictionary:

VERB:
• SPONGE, to wipe with absorbent material, also SPUNGE
• wipe or clean with a wet sponge or cloth
• remove or wipe away (liquid or a mark) with a sponge or cloth
• give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying a different shade of paint with a sponge
• decorate (pottery) using a sponge.
• obtain or accept money or food from other people without doing or intending to do anything in return
• obtain (money or food) from someone without doing anything in return
NOUN:
• a primitive sedentary aquatic invertebrate with a soft porous body that is typically supported by a framework of fibres or calcareous or glassy spicules. Sponges draw in a current of water to extract nutrients and oxygen.
• a piece of a soft, light, porous absorbent substance originally consisting of the fibrous skeleton of an aquatic invertebrate but now usually made of synthetic material, used for washing and cleaning.
• an act of wiping or cleaning with a sponge
• a soft, light, porous substance used as padding or insulating material
• metal in a porous form, typically prepared by reduction without fusion or by electrolysis
• a light cake made by beating eggs with sugar, flour, and usually butter or other fat
• a heavy drinker.
• a barrier contraceptive in the form of a piece of soft, light, porous material impregnated with spermicide and inserted into a woman's vagina.
• a person who lives at someone else's expense.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to wipe with a sponge (a mass of absorbent material)

Words related to SPONGES

sponge9 sponged11 spongeing13 sponging12

How to use SPONGES in a sentence

• A couple of bowls of water, sponges, and towels lent a business-like air to the scene.
• The servants were to carry vases, leathern bottles, sponges, and tools, on a species of litter, and they likewise took fire with them in a closed lantern.
• The water which had been used was not thrown away, but poured into the leathern bottles in which the sponges had been squeezed.
• They continued washing until nothing but clear water came from the sponges when pressed.
• After bathing the eye, he sponges the stained suit, and is surprised to find blood on it.
• At each corner were metal basins, pitchers of water, and sponges.
• And just as with the coral, it took Folks a long time to find out whether sponges were plants, shrubs, or insects.
• Now, on what do sponges feed? Dear sakes, as if they fed on anything! Yet they do.
• Ropes and sponges are wrought of their tough interior fibre.
• Sponges were growing in the tranquil waters in the shadow of the great rocks of Mallorca and the Isles of Greece.
• There was an excellent picture showing the find of sponges on the Koettlitz Glacier.
• Ledenfeld showed the different parts of sponges by means of microscopic slides thrown on to a screen, and also the shape and arrangement of the chambers in different species.
• Last of all and just before the operation the gauze sponges occupied her attention.
• Their blankets are like sponges that have been left in a tub.
• Sponges wet with sweetened water attract them in large numbers, and when full should be plunged in boiling water.
• Twice daily throw the sponges into hot water, and repeat the process until the ants are cleared.
• The heads for woollen sponges should be one inch less in diameter than the bores or chambers of the guns for which they are intended.
• Sponges should be washed carefully and dried after use before putting the caps on, and frequently examined and dried to prevent their rotting.
• No one should touch the sponges but the operator, his first assistant, and the nurse having charge of them.
• Praxedes and Pudentiana, and many other devout females used to collect the blood of the martyrs with sponges and cloths, as if they feared that one drop of it should be lost.
• A couple of waiters were wiping the marble slabs with sponges, whilst a third raked up the soiled sand.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. We do not cooperate with the owners of this trademark. All trademark rights are owned by their owners and are not relevant to the web site "scrabble-word.com". This site is intended for entertainment and training. We try to make a useful tool for all fans of SCRABBLE. "Scrabble Word" is the best method to improve your skills in the game.