sponge

IPA: spˈʌndʒ

(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
(countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
(uncountable) A porous material such as sponges consist of.
(informal) A heavy drinker.
(countable, uncountable) A type of light cake.
(countable, uncountable, Britain) A type of steamed pudding.
(slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
A person who readily absorbs ideas.
(countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
Any sponge-like substance.
(baking) 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.
Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
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, corresponding to the heel.
(slang) A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.

(intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
(transitive, intransitive with on or upon) To get by imposition; to scrounge.
(transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
(intransitive, baking) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
(marine biology, of dolphins) To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.

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