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sponge

DEFINITIONS OF: sponge

1

n primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

Synonyms:
parazoan, poriferan
Types:
glass sponge
a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae
Venus's flower basket
a deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework; found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia
Type of:
invertebrate
any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification

n a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used

Type of:
absorbent, absorbent material
a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance

n someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily

“she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge”
Synonyms:
quick study
Type of:
assimilator, learner, scholar
someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

n a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

Synonyms:
leech, parasite, sponger
Type of:
follower
a person who accepts the leadership of another

v wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten

Type of:
pass over, wipe
rub with a circular motion

v erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard

Type of:
efface, erase, rub out, score out, wipe off
remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

v soak up with a sponge

Type of:
mop, mop up, wipe up
to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop

v ask for and get free; be a parasite

Synonyms:
bum, cadge, grub, mooch
Types:
freeload
live off somebody's generosity
Type of:
obtain
come into possession of

v gather sponges, in the ocean

Type of:
collect, garner, gather, pull together
assemble or get together
Launch
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