1. sponge - Noun
2. sponge - Verb
Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
Any spongelike substance.
Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel.
To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth.
To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.
Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast.
To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge.
Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor.
To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA few species, the Caribbean fire sponge Tedania ignis, cause a severe rash in humans who handle them. Source: Internet
American style sponge cakes tend to be the rule rather than the exception as is American style buttercream, a place where Southern baking intersects with the rest of the United States. Source: Internet
A launching cartridge for a sponge round, which was shot into the crowd of protesters by Seattle Police during the July 25 protests for racial justice and against police brutality. Source: Internet
After several months, Chabaneau succeeded in producing 23 kilograms of pure, malleable platinum by hammering and compressing the sponge form while white-hot. Source: Internet
An angel food cake is a white sponge cake that uses only the whites of the eggs and is traditionally baked in a tube pan. Source: Internet
At the time when the limestones and dolomites of the White Jura were being deposited, this sea was divided into sponge reefs and intervening lagoons. Source: Internet