SPONGE

Meaning of SPONGE in English

n 1. someone who takes a lot of insults ("crap,") is the butt of jokes, etc. Suggests that they absorb them, but don't complain too much. ("He is the sponge of the group.")

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

SPONGE — I. noun also spunge ˈspənj ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English sponge, spounge, from Old English sponge, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPONGE — ( v. t. ) To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — — spongeless , adj. — spongelike , adj. — spongingly , adv. /spunj/ , n. , v. , sponged, sponging …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — I. ˈspənj noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin spongia, from Greek Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPONGE — noun any spongelike substance. 2. sponge ·vi to suck in, or imbile, as a sponge. 3. sponge ·vt fig.: to …
Webster English vocab
SPONGE — [sponge] n [ME, fr. OE, fr. L spongia, fr. Gk] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): an elastic porous mass of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPONGE — any of the primitive multicellular aquatic animals that constitute the phylum Porifera. They number approximately 5,000 described species and inhabit …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPONGE — sponge BrE AmE spʌn d ʒ ▷ sponged spʌn d ʒd ▷ sponges ˈspʌn d ʒ ɪz -əz ▷ sponging …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPONGE — / spʌndʒ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a piece of artificial or natural material …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPONGE — I. sponge 1 /spʌndʒ/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1000-1100 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: spongia , from Greek ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPONGE — n. & v. --n. 1 any aquatic animal of the phylum Porifera, with pores in its body wall and a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPONGE — n. & v. n. 1 any aquatic animal of the phylum Porifera, with pores in its body wall and a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPONGE — n. & v. --n. 1. any aquatic animal of the phylum Porifera, with pores in its body wall and a …
Oxford English vocab
SPONGE — ( sponges, sponging, sponged) 1. Sponge is a very light soft substance with lots of little holes in it, which …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPONGE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sponge cake (= one made from flour, butter, sugar, and eggs ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPONGE — 1. сущ. 1) а) губка б) мед. тампон (из марли и ваты) 2) а) предметы или явления, напоминающие губку : …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPONGE — sponge.ogg 1. spʌ|ndʒ,-spʌnʒ n 1. зоол. губка ( Spongia ) 2. 1> губка rubber sponge - резиновая губка 2> обтирание …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPONGE — 1) губка, пористый материал; поропласт 2) мыло для пластичных смазочных материалов 3) опара; закваска || ставить опару; приготавливать закваску 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SPONGE — 1) губка, пористый материал; поропласт 2) мыло для пластичных смазочных материалов 3) опара; закваска || ставить опару; приготавливать закваску 4) опарное тесто 5) бисквит • - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SPONGE — 1) губка 2) губчатый 3) материал 4) мыло • - rubber sponge - slime sponge - sponge filter - sponge iron - sponge material - sponge surface - titanium sponge
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SPONGE — sponge сущ.1) а) губка (тж. перен. - то, что может стирать из памяти и т.д.) Do you think two years' …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SPONGE — 1. spʌ|ndʒ,-spʌnʒ n 1. зоол. губка ( Spongia ) 2. 1> губка rubber sponge - резиновая губка 2> обтирание губкой …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPONGE — 1. сущ. 1) а) губка ( тж. перен. - то, что может стирать из памяти и т. д. ) Do …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SPONGE — 1. сущ. 1) а) губка (тж. перен. - то, что может стирать из памяти и т. д.) Do you think two years' absence …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SPONGE — губка; pl губки (Spongia) - bath sponge - calcareous sponges - crumb-of-bread sponge - elephant's-ear sponge - glove sponge - grass sponge - honeycomb sponge - horse sponge - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SPONGE — губка; pl губки ( Spongia ) - bath sponge - calcareous sponges - crumb-of-bread sponge - elephant's-ear sponge - glove …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SPONGE — 1. _n. 1> губка 2> губчатое вещество 3> обтирание губкой; to have a sponge down - обтереться губкой 4> что-л., …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SPONGE — 1. n. 1. губка 2. губчатое вещество 3. обтирание губкой; to have a sponge down - обтереться губкой 4. что-л., …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SPONGE — 1. _n. 1> губка 2> губчатое вещество 3> обтирание губкой; to have a sponge down обтереться губкой 4> что-л., похожее …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SPONGE — sponge n 1. infml Don't bring that sponge into our house every night, please Пожалуйста, не приводи каждый вечер к …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SPONGE — 1. сущ. 1) а) губка б) мед. тампон (из марли и ваты) 2) а) предметы или явления, напоминающие губку : …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPONGE — spongie (-iatri, -iosi); n. nettar per spongie. TO ~ ON: parasitar ye
English interlingue dictionary
SPONGE — espongha
English-Visayan vocabulary
SPONGE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin spongia, from Greek Date: before 12th century 1. a. an …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPONGE — Any of some 5,000 species (phylum Porifera) of permanently affixed (sessile), mostly marine, solitary or colonial invertebrates , found from …
Английский словарь Британика
SPONGE — (n.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel.
Английский словарь Webster
SPONGE — (n.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, …
Английский словарь Webster
SPONGE — (n.) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
Английский словарь Webster
SPONGE — (n.) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
Английский словарь Webster
SPONGE — (n.) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass …
Английский словарь Webster
SPONGE — (n.) Any spongelike substance.
Английский словарь Webster
SPONGE — (n.) One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
Английский словарь Webster
SPONGE — (n.) The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of …
Английский словарь Webster
SPONGE — (n.) Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
Английский словарь Webster
SPONGE — ( v. t. ) To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — ( v. t. ) Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — ( v. t. ) Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — ( v. i. ) To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — ( v. i. ) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — ( v. i. ) Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — ( n. ) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — ( n. ) The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — ( n. ) One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — ( n. ) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — ( n. ) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — ( n. ) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — ( n. ) Any spongelike substance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — ( n. ) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGE — v. clean with a sponge; wipe with a sponge; absorb liquid; exploit, live at the expense of others
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPONGE — n. aquatic animal with a porous outer body and a rigid or elastic skeleton; skeleton of a sponge; piece of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPONGE — n. glass sponge sponge cake sponge cloth sponge rubber throw in the sponge
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPONGE — n. Function: verb Inflected Form: sponged ; spong · ing Date: 14th century transitive verb 1 : to cleanse, wipe, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPONGE — n. Pronunciation: ' sp ə nj Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin spongia, from Greek Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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