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sponge

(sp/@/n/dZ/ )

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(noun.substance)

source: wordnet30
someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily(noun.person)

Example:
She soaks up foreign languages like a sponge.

Synonym:
quick study

source: wordnet30
a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage(noun.person)

Synonym:
leech, parasite, sponger

source: wordnet30
primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies(noun.animal)

Synonym:
parazoan, poriferan

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Any one of numerous species of Spongiæ, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiæ.(noun)

source: webster1913

wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
ask for and get free; be a parasite(verb.possession)

Synonym:
bum, cadge, grub, mooch

source: wordnet30
erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard(verb.contact)

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soak up with a sponge(verb.contact)

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gather sponges, in the ocean(verb.contact)

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To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth.(verb)

source: webster1913
To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge.(verb)

source: webster1913

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