Unscramble sponges

Definition of sponge

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.
• someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge". Synonyms: quick study.
• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage. Synonyms: leech, parasite, sponger.
• primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies. Synonyms: parazoan, poriferan.

verb:

• wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten.
• ask for and get free; be a parasite. Synonyms: bum, cadge, grub, mooch.
• erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard.
• soak up with a sponge.
• gather sponges, in the ocean.

Related words

freeload.

Words nearby

sponger, spongy.

Rhymes with

expunge, grunge, lunge, plunge.