SPONGE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework
   • usually occurs in sessile colonies
   Synonym(s)
   • parazoan (what does parazoan mean?)
   • poriferan (what does poriferan mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) sponge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • invertebrate (what does invertebrate mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • glass sponge (what does glass sponge mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sponge (what does sponge mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
   Synonym(s)
   • leech (what does leech mean?)
   • parasite (what does parasite mean?)
   • sponger (what does sponger mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) sponge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • follower (what does follower mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • mooch (what does mooch mean?)
   • bum (what does bum mean?)
   • cadge (what does cadge mean?)
   • grub (what does grub mean?)
   • sponge (what does sponge mean?)
   • mooch (what does mooch mean?)
   • bum (what does bum mean?)
   • cadge (what does cadge mean?)
   • grub (what does grub mean?)
   • sponge (what does sponge mean?)
3. Meaning
   • someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
   Synonym(s)
   • quick study (what does quick study mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge
   Hypernyms(s) sponge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • learner (what does learner mean?)
   • scholar (what does scholar mean?)
   • assimilator (what does assimilator mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
   Hypernyms(s) sponge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • absorbent material (what does absorbent material mean?)
   • absorbent (what does absorbent mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sponge (what does sponge mean?)
   • sponge (what does sponge mean?)
   • sponge (what does sponge mean?)
   • sponge (what does sponge mean?)

SPONGE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • gather sponges, in the ocean
   Hypernyms(s) sponge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • gather (what does gather mean?)
   • garner (what does garner mean?)
   • collect (what does collect mean?)
   • pull together (what does pull together mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sponge (what does sponge mean?)
   • poriferan (what does poriferan mean?)
   • parazoan (what does parazoan mean?)
   • sponge (what does sponge mean?)
   • sponger (what does sponger mean?)
2. Meaning
   • wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
   Hypernyms(s) sponge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • wipe (what does wipe mean?)
   • pass over (what does pass over mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sponge (what does sponge mean?)
3. Meaning
   • soak up with a sponge
   Hypernyms(s) sponge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • wipe up (what does wipe up mean?)
   • mop up (what does mop up mean?)
   • mop (what does mop mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sponge (what does sponge mean?)
4. Meaning
   • erase with a sponge
   • as of words on a blackboard
   Hypernyms(s) sponge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • erase (what does erase mean?)
   • rub out (what does rub out mean?)
   • score out (what does score out mean?)
   • efface (what does efface mean?)
   • wipe off (what does wipe off mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sponge (what does sponge mean?)
5. Meaning
   • ask for and get free
   • be a parasite
   Synonym(s)
   • bum (what does bum mean?)
   • cadge (what does cadge mean?)
   • grub (what does grub mean?)
   • mooch (what does mooch mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) sponge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • obtain (what does obtain mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • freeload (what does freeload mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • leech (what does leech mean?)
   • parasite (what does parasite mean?)
   • sponge (what does sponge mean?)
   • sponger (what does sponger mean?)
   • leech (what does leech mean?)
   • parasite (what does parasite mean?)
   • sponge (what does sponge mean?)
   • sponger (what does sponger mean?)
   • moocher (what does moocher mean?)
   • cadger (what does cadger mean?)
   • scrounger (what does scrounger mean?)
   • idler (what does idler mean?)
   • loafer (what does loafer mean?)
   • do-nothing (what does do-nothing mean?)
   • layabout (what does layabout mean?)
   • bum (what does bum mean?)
   • moocher (what does moocher mean?)
   • cadger (what does cadger mean?)
   • scrounger (what does scrounger mean?)