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Spongelike

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Adjective

1. spongelike, spongy, squashy, squishy

easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility

Example Sentences:
'spongy bread'

2. spongelike, spongy

like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed

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Spongelike

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noun
1. 
any multicellular typically marine animal of the phylum Porifera, usually occurring in complex sessile colonies in which the porous body is supported by a fibrous, calcareous, or siliceous skeletal framework
2. 
a piece of the light porous highly absorbent elastic skeleton of certain sponges, used in bathing, cleaning, etc
See also spongin
3. 
any of a number of light porous elastic materials resembling a sponge
4.  another word for sponger (sense 1)
5. informal
a person who indulges in heavy drinking
6. 
leavened dough, esp before kneading
7.  short for sponge cake
8. Also called: sponge pudding British
a light steamed or baked pudding, spongy in texture, made with various flavourings or fruit
9. 
porous metal produced by electrolysis or by reducing a metal compound without fusion or sintering and capable of absorbing large quantities of gas
platinum sponge
10. 
a rub with a sponge
11.  throw in the sponge
verb
12. (tr; often foll by off or down)
to clean (something) by wiping or rubbing with a damp or wet sponge
13. (tr; usually foll by off, away, out, etc)
to remove (marks, etc) by rubbing with a damp or wet sponge or cloth
14. (when tr, often foll by up)
to absorb (liquids, esp when spilt) in the manner of a sponge
15. (transitive; often foll by off)
to get (something) from (someone) by presuming on his or her generosity
to sponge a meal off someone
16. (intr; often foll by off or on)
to obtain one's subsistence, welfare, etc, unjustifiably (from)
he sponges off his friends
17. (intransitive)
to go collecting sponges

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Spongelike

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noun
1. 
any of a phylum (Porifera) of simple, aquatic, sessile animals having a porous structure and a tough, often siliceous or calcareous, skeleton
2. 
the elastic skeleton, or a piece of the skeleton, of certain sponges, light in weight and highly absorbent, used for washing surfaces, in bathing, etc.
3. 
any substance like this
; specif.,
a. 
a piece of spongy plastic, cellulose, rubber, etc., used like natural sponge
b. 
a pad of gauze or cotton, as used in surgery
c. 
a light dessert made of whipped gelatin and beaten egg whites or whipped cream
d. 
raised dough, as for bread
e. 
any of several metals, as platinum, found in a porous mass
4. 
a. 
a person having a spongelike capacity, as for drink, knowledge, etc.
b.  Informal
sponger (sense 3)
verb transitiveWord forms: sponged or ˈsponging
5. 
to use a sponge on so as to dampen, wipe clean, etc.
6. 
to remove or obliterate with or as with a damp sponge
usually with out, off, away, etc.
7. 
to absorb with, as with, or like a sponge
often with up
8.  Informal
to get without cost, as by begging, imposition, etc.
verb intransitive
9. 
to gather sponges from the sea
10. 
to take up liquid like a sponge
11.  Informal
to be a sponger (sense 3)
often with off or on

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