sponged

verb

past tense of sponge
1
as in drank
to take in (something liquid) through small openings the ground quickly sponged up the much-needed rain

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2
as in begged
to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility she's been sponging off of her friends while she tries to land an entry-level job on Wall Street

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponged
  1. drank
  2. begged
  3. absorbed
Verb
  • One study found that participants who drank tea heated to 149 degrees Fahrenheit (65 degrees Celsius) experienced more positive emotional responses, including happiness and satisfaction.
    — Jillian Kubala, HEALTH, 2 Sep. 2026
  • For a few days, the horse fed on the same plants and grass and drank from the rainwater collected in a puddle nearby.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of drank
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  • For months, boisterous fellows at Angels Stadium peeled off their shirts and begged Moreno to sell.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Her cellmates saw her in distress and begged her to tell them what happened.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of begged
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  • One crisis follows another, and what should shake us risks being absorbed into the endless flow.
    — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Virtually all of its available output was intended to be absorbed by racks of GPUs.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of absorbed
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“Sponged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponged. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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