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sponge
A	noun
	1	sponge, poriferan, parazoan
			primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna ╚invertebrate ╚sponge, poriferan, parazoan ╚glass sponge
	2	leech, parasite, sponge, sponger
			a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚follower ╚leech, parasite, sponge, sponger
	3	quick study, sponge
			someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚learner; scholar; assimilator ╚quick study, sponge
	4	sponge
			a porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚material; stuff ╚sorbent; sorbent material ╚absorbent material; absorbent ╚sponge
B	verb
	1	sponge
			gather sponges, in the ocean
		Category Tree: gather; garner; collect; pull together ╚sponge
	2	sponge
			wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
		Category Tree: guide; run; draw; pass ╚rub ╚wipe; pass over ╚sponge
	3	sponge
			soak up with a sponge
		Category Tree: absorb; suck; imbibe; soak up; sop up; suck up; draw; take in; take up ╚wipe up; mop up; mop ╚sponge
	4	sponge
			erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
		Category Tree: remove; take; take away; withdraw ╚delete; cancel ╚erase; rub out; score out; efface; wipe off ╚sponge
	5	mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge
			ask for and get free; be a parasite
		Category Tree: get; acquire ╚obtain ╚mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge ╚freeload

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