Main Entry:

²sponge

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

sponged; spong·ing

Date:

14th century

transitive verb 1 : to cleanse, wipe, or moisten with or as if with a sponge 2 : to erase or destroy with or as if with a sponge —often used with out 3 : to get by sponging on another 4 : to absorb with or as if with or in the manner of a sponge intransitive verb 1 : to absorb, soak up, or imbibe like a sponge 2 : to get something from or live on another by imposing on hospitality or good nature <sponged off of her sister> 3 : to dive or dredge for sponges

— spong·er noun