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— English words —

• sponge n. (Countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
• sponge n. (Countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now…
• sponge n. (Uncountable) A porous material such as sponges consist of.
• sponge n. (Informal) A heavy drinker.
• sponge n. (Countable, uncountable) A type of light cake.
• sponge n. (Countable, uncountable, Britain) A type of steamed pudding.
• sponge n. (Slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak…
• sponge n. A person who readily absorbs ideas.
• sponge n. (Countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
• sponge n. Any sponge-like substance.
• sponge n. A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered…
• sponge n. The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
• sponge n. (Slang) A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
• sponge v. (Intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
• sponge v. (Transitive, intransitive with on or upon) To get by imposition; to scrounge.
• sponge v. (Transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
• sponge v. To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
• sponge v. To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
• sponge v. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
• sponge v. (Intransitive, baking) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
• sponge v. (Marine biology, of dolphins) To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.

— English word, defined in German —

• sponge S. Schwamm, ein Putzutensil.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• sponge n. Spons.

— English words, defined in French —

• sponge n. Éponge (animal).
• sponge v. Éponger.
• sponge v. Vivre aux dépens de, vivre aux crochets de, profiter (de).

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• sponge s. Esponja.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• sponge s. Esponja.
• sponge v. Limpar com esponja.

138 English words from 21 English definitions

absorb absorbs abstractly advantage after agency all Any baking biology bore Britain cake cannon clean cleaning consist consist␣of consists consists␣of contraception contraceptive contraceptive␣sponge converted corresponding Countable covered cylinder dab deprive destroy discharge dolphins dough drinker efface exposed extremity food for foraging form from generosity get get␣by have heavy heel horseshoe ideas imagined imbibe imposition Informal inserted into intransitive invertebrates kindness leaven letters light like made marine Marine␣biology mass material mop now nuclear nuclear␣power nuclear␣power␣plant of␣a often originally others out person phylum piece plant point porous power power␣plant pudding radiation readily routinely scrounge silica skeleton slang soak soak␣up somebody something sponge sponges spongy steamed steamed␣pudding substance such such␣as suck suck␣in take take␣advantage take␣advantage␣of takes that that␣is the tool to␣the trace Transitive type uncountable upon use used vaginally various washing when who wild wipe wipe␣out with wood worker writing yeast

5 English words from 8 foreign definitions

animal aux com crochets profiter

12 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

aux␣dépens␣de dépens ein Éponge Éponger esponja Limpar Putzutensil Schwamm Spons vivre vivre␣aux␣crochets␣de

39 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

sponged sponger sponges spongey spongers spongeth spongebag sponge␣bag spongeful spongelet spongeous sponge␣out sponge␣tax spongeable spongebags sponge␣bags sponge␣bath spongecake sponge␣cake sponge␣down spongefuls spongeless spongelets spongelike sponge␣roll spongeware sponge␣baths spongecakes sponge␣cakes sponge␣cloth sponge␣downs spongeocoel sponge␣rolls spongewares sponge␣toffee spongeworthy spongebag␣pants sponge-bag␣pants spongeworthiness

34 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

disponged disponges responged responges unsponged fun␣sponges sea␣sponges bath␣sponges cytosponges demosponges nanosponges calcisponges cyanosponges demospongean glass␣sponges glove␣sponges microsponges squat␣sponges barrel␣sponges Menger␣sponges sclerosponges silicisponges chewing␣sponges bacteriosponges platinum␣sponges Victoria␣sponges coralline␣sponges menstrual␣sponges breadcrumb␣sponges calcareous␣sponges sheepswool␣sponges Sierpinski␣sponges contraceptive␣sponges cyanobacteriosponges

48 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

disponge responge fun␣sponge sea␣sponge bath␣sponge cytosponge demosponge nanosponge set␣a␣sponge calcisponge cyanosponge glass␣sponge globe␣sponge glove␣sponge microsponge slime␣sponge squat␣sponge barrel␣sponge Menger␣sponge sclerosponge silicisponge chewing␣sponge bacteriosponge platinum␣sponge titanium␣sponge Victoria␣sponge coralline␣sponge menstrual␣sponge breadcrumb␣sponge calcareous␣sponge chuck␣up␣the␣sponge sheepswool␣sponge Sierpinski␣sponge threw␣in␣the␣sponge threw␣up␣the␣sponge throw␣in␣the␣sponge throw␣up␣the␣sponge chucks␣up␣the␣sponge thrown␣in␣the␣sponge thrown␣up␣the␣sponge throws␣in␣the␣sponge throws␣up␣the␣sponge chucked␣up␣the␣sponge chucking␣up␣the␣sponge contraceptive␣sponge cyanobacteriosponge throwing␣in␣the␣sponge throwing␣up␣the␣sponge

14 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ong Ong ONG Onge pon Pon PON 'pon pong Pong SPO -spo spong Spong

11 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

nop Nop NOP nops Nops NOPs ops Ops OPs OPS OPS+

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

pengos pengős

21 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

gowpens hogpens hog-pens nose␣peg Penagos pengoes pigeons Pigeons pingoes plonges pongees pongers pongoes presong pugnose pug␣nose sponged sponger sponges spongey topengs

29 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ENGOs EPONs genos Genos geons GEPON Goens GPONs NGEOs nopes onegs opens pegos pengo pengő PEngs P.Engs P.Engs. peons poges pones pongs Posen segno Seong sepon songe spong Spong

10 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

spange Sponde spongo- spongs Spongs spongy spooge spouge spunge Stonge

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

songe spong Spong

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