sponge

Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.

海绵

A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).

海绵

The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.

A heavy drinker.

A type of light cake.

A type of steamed pudding.

A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).

A person who readily absorbs ideas.

A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.

Any sponge-like substance.

Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.

Any sponge-like substance.

Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.

Any sponge-like substance.

Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.

A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.

The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.

A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.

To take advantage of the kindness of others.

To get by imposition; to scrounge.

To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.

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

To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.

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

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

To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.