SPONGE


Meaning of SPONGE in English

n. 25B6; verb

I'll sponge your face : WASH, clean, wipe, swab; mop, rinse, sluice, swill.

(informal) he lived by sponging off others : BEG, be a parasite; live off; informal scrounge, freeload, cadge, bum; N. Amer. informal mooch; Austral./NZ bludge.

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