English Dictionary

sponge

/spʌnd͡ʒ/

verb

(intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others. / (transitive, intransitive with on or upon) To get by imposition; to scrounge.

She sponges off her parents.

意味（1）

(intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.

The fly is an intruder, and a common smell-feast, that spunges upon other Peoples Trenchers.

意味（2）

(transitive, intransitive with on or upon) To get by imposition; to scrounge.

“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.

意味（3）

(transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.

How came such multitudes of our nation […] to be sponged of their plate and their money?

意味（4）

To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.

意味（5）

To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.

意味（6）

To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.

Lett the eyes which have looked on Idols, sponge out their unlawfull acts

意味（7）

(intransitive, baking) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.

意味（8）

(marine biology, of dolphins) To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.

Why do dolphins sponge instead of foraging in a more normal way?