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Substantiivit

1. (countable) Any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
2. (countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
3. (uncountable) A porous material such as sponges consist of.
4. (informal) A heavy drinker.
5. (countable, uncountable) A type of light cake; sponge cake.
6. (countable, uncountable, British) A type of steamed pudding.
7. (slang) 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).
8. (countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
9. Any spongelike substance.
10. 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.
11. Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
12. Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
13. 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.
14. The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel.

Verbit

1. (intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
2. (transitive) To get by imposition; to scrounge.
3. (transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
4. To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
5. To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
6. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
7. (intransitive) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.