sponge in Hindi हिन्दी
sponge in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
sponge in Kashmiri कॉशुर
sponge in Malayalam മലയാളം
sponge in Sindhi سنڌي
sponge in Tamil தமிழ்
sponge in Telugu తెలుగు
sponge in English
- sponge⇄adj. spongeable.
- sponge⇄adj. spongelike.
- sponge⇄expr. throw in (or up) the sponge, to abandon a contest or struggle; admit defeat; give up (from the practice of a boxer's seconds' tossing a sponge into the ring in acknowledgment of defeat).
Ex. The tax-reform program was so badly battered that t - sponge⇄noun 1. any one of a group of water animals having a tough, elastic skeleton or framework of interlaced fibers; poriferan. Sponges are free-swimming as larvae but soon become attached, as to stones or plants where they exist in large, complex colonies, u
- sponge⇄sponge, noun, verb, sponged,sponging.
- sponge⇄v.i. 1. to absorb or take up, as a sponge does.
2. to gather sponges.
3. (Informal, Figurative.) to live or profit at the expense of another in a mean way.
Ex. That lazy man won't work, but sponges on his family. - sponge⇄v.t. 1. to wipe or rub with a wet sponge; make clean or damp in this way.
Ex. [She] sponged herself, dressed, and had a quiet breakfast (New Yorker).
2. to remove or wipe (away or off) with a sponge.
Ex. Sponge the mud spots off the ca