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'sponge' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'sponge' with 5 example sentences.


sponge verb

: 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

sponge noun

: 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


  • We need to know how much water this sponge can absorb.
  • Sponges live at the bottom of the sea.
  • I saw the sponge in the sink.
  • He's still sponging off his father.
  • Please sponge the mess up off the table.
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