A gauze pad used to absorb blood and other fluids, as in surgery or the dressing of a wound.
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A light cake, such as sponge cake.
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A small absorbent contraceptive pad that contains a &*%$#icide and is placed against the cervix of the uterus before sexual intercourse.
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A sponge bath.
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Any of numerous aquatic, chiefly marine invertebrate animals of the phylum Porifera, characteristically having a porous skeleton composed of fibrous material or siliceous or calcareous spicules and often forming irregularly shaped colonies attached to an underwater surface.
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verb-intransitive
Informal To live by relying on the generosity of others: sponged off her parents.
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To fish for sponges.
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verb-transitive
Informal To obtain free: sponge a meal.
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To absorb with or as if with a sponge: sponge up the mess.
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To moisten, wipe, or clean with or as if with a sponge: sponge off the table.
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To wipe out; erase.
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verb
To cleanse, wipe, or moisten with or as if with a sponge.
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To erase or destroy with or as if with a sponge .
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To get by on another.
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To absorb with or as if with or in the manner of a sponge.
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To absorb, soak up, or imbibe like a sponge.
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