| NOUN | substance | sponge | 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 |
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| person | sponge, quick study | someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily | |
| person | sponge, leech, parasite, sponger | a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | |
| animal | sponge, poriferan, parazoan | primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework | |
| VERB | contact | sponge | wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten |
| possession | sponge, mooch, bum, cadge, grub | ask for and get free | |
| contact | sponge | erase with a sponge | |
| contact | sponge | soak up with a sponge | |
| contact | sponge | gather sponges, in the ocean |
| Sounds | spah'njh | |
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| Rhymes | challenge ... scavenge: 10 rhymes with ahnjh... | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Broader | absorbent material, absorbent | A material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance |
| Spanish | esponja | |
| Catalan | esponja | |
| Adjectives | spongy | like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids / liquids and yield it back when compressed |
| Verbs | sponge | wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten |
| sponge | erase with a sponge | |
| sponge | soak up with a sponge | |
| sponge | gather sponges, in the ocean | |
| Meaning | someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily. | |
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| Example | "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge" | |
| Synonym | quick study | |
| Broader | learner, scholar, assimilator | someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs |
| Meaning | A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage. | |
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| Synonyms | leech, parasite, sponger | |
| Broader | follower | A person who accepts the leadership / leadership of another |
| Spanish | esponja, estrujador, parásito, sanguijuela | |
| Catalan | paràsit, sangonella, sangonera | |
| Verbs | sponge | ask for and get free |
| Meaning | Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies. | |
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| Synonyms | poriferan, parazoan | |
| Member of | Porifera, phylum Porifera | coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa |
| Narrower | glass sponge | A siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae |
| Broader | invertebrate | Any animal lacking a backbone or notochord |
| Spanish | esponja, esponjas, parazoan, porifera, poriferan, poríferos, poríforo | |
| Catalan | esponja, parazoan, porifera, porífer | |
| Adjectives | spongy | easily squashed |
| Verbs | sponge | gather sponges, in the ocean |
| Meaning | wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | wipe, pass over | rub with a circular motion |
| Spanish | pasar una esponja | |
| Catalan | netejar amb una esponja | |
| Nouns | sponge | 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 |
| Meaning | ask for and get free; be a parasite. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | mooch, bum, cadge, grub | |
| Narrower | freeload | Live off somebody's generosity |
| Broader | obtain | Come into possession of |
| Spanish | gorronear | |
| Catalan | gorrejar | |
| Nouns | sponge, sponger | a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage |
| Meaning | Erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off | Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing |
| Nouns | sponge | 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 |
| Meaning | soak up with a sponge. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | wipe up, mop up, mop | To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop |
| Nouns | sponge | 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 |
| Meaning | Gather sponges, in the ocean. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | In the summer they like to go out and sponge | |
| Broader | gather, garner, collect, pull together | Assemble or get together |
| Nouns | sponge | primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework |
| sponge | 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 | |
| sponger | a workman employed to collect sponges | |
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