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English to English noun
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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 |  | source: wordnet30
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someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily | | Example: she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge
source: wordnet30
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a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | | source: wordnet30
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primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies | | source: wordnet30
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Any one of numerous species of Spongiæ, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiæ. | | source: webster1913
verb
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wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten | | source: wordnet30
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ask for and get free; be a parasite | | source: wordnet30
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erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard | | source: wordnet30
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soak up with a sponge | | source: wordnet30
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gather sponges, in the ocean | | source: wordnet30
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To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth. | | source: webster1913
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To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge. | | source: webster1913
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