Crossword-Solution: SPONGE
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| Sponge | n. | Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae. |
| Sponge | n. | The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies. |
| Sponge | n. | One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger. |
| Sponge | n. | Any spongelike substance. |
| Sponge | n. | 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. |
| Sponge | n. | Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition. |
| Sponge | n. | Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked. |
| Sponge | n. | 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. |
| Sponge | n. | The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel. |
| Sponge | v. t. | To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth. |
| Sponge | v. t. | To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of. |
| Sponge | v. t. | Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition. |
| Sponge | v. t. | Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast. |
| Sponge | v. i. | To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge. |
| Sponge | v. i. | Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor. |
| Sponge | v. i. | To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SPONGE | anagram | PENGOS |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with SPONGE (5)
One morning, as she was standing upright in the pool, splashing water between her shoulder-blades with a big sponge, something flashed through her mind that made her draw herself up and stand still until the water had quite dried upon her flushed skin.
However, many books, Wise men have said, are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge, As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
McTeague straightened up, putting the sponge upon the rack behind him, his eyes fixed upon Trina's face.
The hyposulphite solution should be often filtered through a sponge, and it will answer for a great number of washings.
People said he was sociable, but this was as much a matter of course as for a dipped sponge to expand; and it was not a high order of sociability.
Quotes with SPONGE (3)
It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days, such a humorless little prig. Lightly, lightly — it’s the best advice ever given me. When it comes to dying even. Nothing ponderous, or portentous, or emphatic. No rhetoric, no tremolos, no self conscious persona putting o…
Do you remember back at the hotel when you promised that if we lived, you’d get dressed up in a nurse’s outfit and give me a sponge bath?" asked Jace." It was Simon who promised you the sponge bath.""As soon as I’m back on my feet, handsome," said Simon." I knew we should have left you a rat.
What, you didn’t pack your lunch?” Ty asked sarcastically as he shifted around in the seat and wedged himself against the door. He kicked a foot up and propped it on the console between the two front seats. “Sure, in my Sponge Bob Square Pants lunch box. I have the thermos, too,” Morrison shot right back. Zane kept his mouth shut, eyes moving between the two men, and occasionally back to the driver, who was casually paying attention. Ty stared at the kid and narrowed his eyes…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 163 times in crossword archives (1945–2025).