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noun | verb spongesponge1 /spʌndʒ/ ●●○ noun ETYMOLOGYsponge1Origin: 1000-1100 Latin spongia, from Greek 1 [countable, uncountable] a piece of a soft natural or artificial substance that is full of small holes and is used for washing or cleaning something2[countable] a simple sea creature from which natural sponge is produced3like a sponge used to say that someone can learn and remember things easily: She absorbed information like a sponge. [Origin: 1000–1100 Latin spongia, from Greek] noun | verb spongesponge2 verb VERB TABLEsponge |
Present | I, you, we, they | sponge | | he, she, it | sponges | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sponged | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sponged | | he, she, it | has sponged | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sponged | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will sponge | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sponged |
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Present | I | am sponging | | he, she, it | is sponging | | you, we, they | are sponging | Past | I, he, she, it | was sponging | | you, we, they | were sponging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been sponging | | he, she, it | has been sponging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been sponging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be sponging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been sponging |
1[transitive always + adv./prep.] to remove liquid or a mark with a wet cloth or sponge: sponge something off/out/up Sponge up the wine right away.2[intransitive] to get money, free meals, etc. from other people, without doing anything for them: sponge off He’s been sponging off his friends for years.3[transitive] to wash something with a wet cloth or sponge4[transitive always + adv./prep.] to put paint, a liquid, etc. on a surface using a sponge |