Definitions For Sponge

noun

• Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
• A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
• Someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
• 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
• A piece of light natural or artificial material that becomes soft when it is wet, is able to take in and hold liquid, and is used for washing or cleaning
• A type of sea animal from which natural sponges are made
• Someone who gets something from someone else without doing or paying anything in return

verb

• Gather sponges, in the ocean
• Wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
• Soak up with a sponge
• Erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
• Ask for and get free; be a parasite
• To clean or wipe (something) with a sponge
• To put (paint) on a surface with a sponge
• To get money, food, etc., from (someone) without doing or paying anything in return