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Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sponge

4 senses of sponge

Sense 1
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)
       => absorbent material, absorbent -- (a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance)

Sense 2
quick study, sponge -- (someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge")
       => learner, scholar, assimilator -- (someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs)

Sense 3
leech, parasite, sponge, sponger -- (a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage)
       => follower -- (a person who accepts the leadership of another)

Sense 4
sponge, poriferan, parazoan -- (primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies)
       => invertebrate -- (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sponge

5 senses of sponge

Sense 1
sponge -- (wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten)
       => wipe, pass over -- (rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth")

Sense 2
mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge -- (ask for and get free; be a parasite)
       => obtain -- (come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?")

Sense 3
sponge -- (erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard)
       => erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off -- (remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!")

Sense 4
sponge -- (soak up with a sponge)
       => wipe up, mop up, mop -- (to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel")

Sense 5
sponge -- (gather sponges, in the ocean)
       => gather, garner, collect, pull together -- (assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together")


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