"Sponge" is a word in ENGLISH
To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by
the agency of yeast, or leaven.
Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.
Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to
efface; to destroy all trace of.
Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on;
as, an idler sponges on his neighbor.
Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost;
as, to sponge a breakfast.
To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate
or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth.
The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the
heel.
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.
Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See
Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent
dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
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.
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.
Any spongelike substance.
To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge.
My dad told me that God allows people to make their own choices and doesn’t override their free will. That is why bad things happen. People don’t do the things they should.
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To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
Read the complete definitionA genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used …
Read the complete definitionAnimals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.
Read the complete definitionA peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.
Read the complete definitionOne of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species …
Read the complete definitionA fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the …
Read the complete definitionbanawug, banáwug n k. o. coral that looks like a leafless shrub. The body is sponge-like in consistency and tough. …
Read the complete definitionbanyos Active Verb: magbanyos Definition: (noun) sponge bath Notes: Spanish word
Read the complete definitionv. /AG-/ to wipe or sponge one’s body with a wet cloth or sponge. Agbasabas ka ti napudot nga danum. …
Read the complete definitionAn order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera.
Read the complete definitionAn order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges.
Read the complete definitionA comprehensive group equivalent to the true Coelenterata, i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence …
Read the complete definitionA comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and …
Read the complete definitiondalínug n soft, whitish, oily substance on the surface of the meat of a mature coconut which is forming buwà …
Read the complete definitionTo sprinkle, as with water from a sponge.
Read the complete definitionTo moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a …
Read the complete definitionespónha - (Sp. esponja) Sponge.
Read the complete definitionA genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- …
Read the complete definitionAn order of sponges having a fibrous skeleton, including the commercial sponges.
Read the complete definitionTo apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
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