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Verb sponge has 5 senses
- sponge - wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
--1 is one way to wipe, pass over
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge - ask for and get free; be a parasite
--2 is one way to obtain
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- sponge - erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
--3 is one way to erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- sponge - soak up with a sponge
--4 is one way to wipe up, mop up, mop
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- sponge - gather sponges, in the ocean
--5 is one way to gather, garner, collect, pull together
Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and sponge
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