sponge

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
2. isim A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).

   “She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.”

3. isim The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
4. isim A heavy drinker.
5. isim A type of light cake.
6. isim A type of steamed pudding.
7. isim A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
8. isim A person who readily absorbs ideas.

   “For this reason, we need to think of our children as sponges of information and watch their sources carefully. We also need to always model appropriate behaviour, as we are a constant source of new information.”

9. isim A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
10. isim 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.
11. isim Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
12. isim Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
13. isim 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.

    “The great guns ranged along the deck — each bound fast by its new breechings — with their linstocks and sponges and ladles and rammers, made no idle show of warlike strength.”

14. isim The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
15. isim A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
16. fiil To take advantage of the kindness of others.

    “He has been sponging off his friends for a month now.”

17. fiil To get by imposition; to scrounge.

    “to sponge a breakfast”

18. fiil To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.

    “How came such multitudes of our nation […] to be sponged of their plate and their money?”

19. fiil To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.

    “Before stepping into the bath the head should be wet with cold water, and in the bath the pit of the stomach should first be sponged.”

20. fiil To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
21. fiil To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.

    “Lett the eyes which have looked on Idols, sponge out their unlawfull acts”

22. fiil To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
23. fiil To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.

    “Why do dolphins sponge instead of foraging in a more "normal" way?”