English to English
noun
- 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
source: WordNet 3.0
- someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
She soaks up foreign languages like a sponge.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
source: WordNet 3.0
- primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
source: WordNet 3.0
- Any one of numerous species of Spongiæ, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiæ.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
source: WordNet 3.0
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
source: WordNet 3.0
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
source: WordNet 3.0
- soak up with a sponge
source: WordNet 3.0
- gather sponges, in the ocean
source: WordNet 3.0
- To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth.
source: Webster 1913
- To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [spondch] Espongha
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [spondch] Linisin ng espongha
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
