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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Sponge" Definition
noun
A gauze pad used to absorb blood and other fluids, as in surgery or the dressing of a wound.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A light cake, such as sponge cake.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A small absorbent contraceptive pad that contains a &*%$#icide and is placed against the cervix of the uterus before sexual intercourse.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A sponge bath.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Any of numerous aquatic, chiefly marine invertebrate animals of the phylum Porifera, characteristically having a porous skeleton composed of fibrous material or siliceous or calcareous spicules and often forming irregularly shaped colonies attached to an underwater surface.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To cleanse, wipe, or moisten with or as if with a sponge.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To erase or destroy with or as if with a sponge .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To get by on another.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To absorb with or as if with or in the manner of a sponge.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To absorb, soak up, or imbibe like a sponge.
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-intransitive
Informal To live by relying on the generosity of others: sponged off her parents.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To fish for sponges.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
Informal To obtain free: sponge a meal.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To absorb with or as if with a sponge: sponge up the mess.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To moisten, wipe, or clean with or as if with a sponge: sponge off the table.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To wipe out; erase.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary