Sponge is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SPONGE in dictionary:

VERB:
• 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
• To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth.
• To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
• Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.
• Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast.
• To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge.
• Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor.
• To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven.
• wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
• ask for and get free; be a parasite
• erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
• soak up with a sponge
• gather sponges, in the ocean
• wipe with a sponge
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.
• sea animal with a porous absorbent skeleton
• Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
• The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
• One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
• Any spongelike substance.
• 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.
• Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
• Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
• 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.
• The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel.
• a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
• someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
• primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
• 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 SPONGE

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How to use SPONGE in a sentence

• Those grown on sponge or paper will show the development of the root-hairs, while those grown on sand are better for studying the form of the root.
• If he is restless and the weather is very hot, he may have in addition one or two sponge baths a day.
• I now saturated a sponge with the powerful preparation which Dr.
• With the long hook, sponge after sponge was torn from its clung-to home on the slippery rocks, and quickly popped into the bag.
• It was agreed that it should be a six-round contest, not more and no less, unless one side threw up the sponge or one of the men was knocked out.
• We must stand up to our fight now, or throw up the sponge.
• Sponge settled in his own mind that the observation about his requiring a horseman to ride him, meant that he was vicious.
• Sponge then procured a messenger to take a note to Hanby House, for Mr.
• Sponge liberated his whip from the apron-straps, and lent a hand when Jog began to flag.
• Sponge felt as if he had sustained a personal injury.
• Sponge, who still kept his hand in his pocket, sat on his horse in a state of stupid bewilderment.
• Sponge to himself, as he eyed it, and thought what havoc Gustavus James would make among the ornaments if he had a chance.
• Sponge is very useful in the arts, as well as for domestic purposes.
• Anyone who may have experienced the enjoyment of a sponge bath out in the open on a cold, windy night can appreciate the pleasure of the dance preparation.
• His hands and knees, bruised with crawling along the frosty stones, were gently bathed with a soft sponge and warm water.
• In winter, the sponge will need to be prepared early in the evening and kept during the night at as even a temperature as possible.
• Success in the making of sponge cake depends almost wholly upon the manner in which it is put together.
• Harry was saying to himself at this very moment that Mountjoy had thrown up the sponge.
• The nesan produced a sponge and towel from her long sleeves and, taking Percival by the hand, led him down the hall.
• I notice that in your novel, when your man got into trouble he threw up the sponge.
• She showed me a sore on her arm, and the thought struck me that I would boil some water in the billy and wash her arm with a sponge.

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