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Words with a similar base: sponge, sponger

'sponge'

[sponge.n.01] as in: a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used

'sponge'

[quick_study.n.01] as in: someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily

Examples:
she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge

'sponge'

[leech.n.02] as in: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

'sponge'

[sponge.n.04] as in: primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

'sponge'

[sponge.v.01] as in: wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten

'sponge'

[mooch.v.01] as in: ask for and get free; be a parasite

'sponge'

[sponge.v.03] as in: erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard

'sponge'

[sponge.v.04] as in: soak up with a sponge

'sponge'

[sponge.v.05] as in: gather sponges, in the ocean

Origins

					sponge (English)
└── spunge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── spongia (Latin)
        ├── σπογγία (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
        └── σπογγιά (Ancient Greek (to 1453))