sponge

Etymology
From, taken from , from , related to.

Noun

 * 1)  Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
 * 2)  A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
 * 3)  The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
 * 4)  A heavy drinker.
 * 5)  A type of light cake.
 * 6)  A type of steamed pudding.
 * 7)  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).
 * 8) A person who readily absorbs ideas.
 * 9)  A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
 * 10) Any sponge-like substance.
 * 11)  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.
 * 12) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
 * 13) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
 * 14) 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.
 * 15) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
 * 16)  A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
 * 1)  A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
 * 2) Any sponge-like substance.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
 * 5) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
 * 6) 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.
 * 7) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
 * 8)  A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.

Translations

 * Arabic: إِسْفَنْج
 * Hijazi Arabic: إسفنج, سِفِنج
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: esponxa
 * Basque: belaki
 * Belarusian: гу́бка
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, mořská houba, houbovec
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: spongo
 * Estonian: käsn
 * Finnish: sienieläin
 * French:
 * Friulian: sponze, sponge
 * Galician: esponxa
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σπόγγος
 * Gujarati: ઇસપંજ, સ્પંજ
 * Hawaiian: huʻakai
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: អេប៉ុងហ្ស៍, អេប៉ុង
 * Korean: 갯솜,, 해면
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, , sunger
 * Latin: spongia
 * Latvian: sūklis
 * Lithuanian: pintis, durlė
 * Macedonian: су́нѓер
 * Malay: bunga karang
 * Maori: kōpūpūtai, pūngorungoru
 * Mokilese: limw
 * Navajo: táłtłʼááh yilcháazhii
 * Norman: êponge
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: سونگر
 * Pashto: سپنج
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Schwom
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: puqyala
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Saterland Frisian: Swom
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: спужва,
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: hubka
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: espongha
 * Telugu: స్పాంజి
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: гу́бка
 * Urdu: اسفنج
 * Venetian: sponxa, sponga
 * Vietnamese:
 * West Frisian: spûns
 * Yiddish: שוואָם


 * Arabic: سَفِنْج
 * Hijazi Arabic: إسفنجة, سِفِنجة
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: esponxa
 * Basque: belaki
 * Belarusian: гу́бка
 * Bulgarian: гъба за миене
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: йашориг, цӏанориг
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: spongo
 * Estonian: pesukäsn
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: esponxa
 * Georgian: საწური
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σπόγγος
 * Hawaiian: huʻa kai, huʻakai, huʻahuʻa kai
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ពពុះទឹក, អេប៉ុង
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, , sunger
 * Latin: spongia
 * Lithuanian: kempinė
 * Macedonian: сунѓер
 * Malay: span
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: порлон
 * Navajo: tó yitsʼǫǫsí
 * Norman: êponge
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: سونگر
 * Pashto: سپنج
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Sponzh, Schwom
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: спужва,
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian: sponza, ; spugna
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: sifongo,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: espongha
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: ཞ་འཐེན
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: гу́бка
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: sbwng, ysbwng


 * Asturian: esponxa
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: esponxa
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: szivacsanyag
 * Macedonian: су́нѓер
 * Ottoman Turkish: سونگر
 * Pashto: سپنج
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: су́нѓер


 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Maori: muremure, kōtare, kōtaretare
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ehkäisysieni


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: puhdistustanko


 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1)  To take advantage of the kindness of others.
 * 2)  To get by imposition; to scrounge.
 * 3) * July 17 1735,, letter to Lord Ornery
 * I am an utter stranger to the persons and places, except when half a score come to sponge on me every Sunday evening
 * 1)  To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
 * 2) To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
 * 3) To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
 * 4) To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
 * 5)  To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
 * 6)  To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.
 * 1)  To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
 * 2) To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
 * 3) To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
 * 4) To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
 * 5)  To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
 * 6)  To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.
 * 1)  To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
 * 2)  To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Latin: parasītor
 * Maori: kaimātai, kaipaoke
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:, , , comer la sopa boba
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Bulgarian: мия с гъба
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: puhdistaa sienellä
 * French:
 * Greek: σφογγίζω
 * Ancient: σπογγίζω
 * Hebrew:
 * Maori: opeope
 * Norman: êpongi
 * Russian: чи́стить гу́бкой