The definition of a sponge is a sea animal that has a skeleton and a porous surface, or an absorbent piece used for washing, or a pad of gauze used in medicine.
(noun)Sponge is defined as to clean or absorb liquid with a soft, porous tool, or to get something without paying.
(verb)See sponge in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME < OE < L spongia < Gr spongia, spongos
transitive verb sponged, sponging
Origin: ME spongen < spongethe
intransitive verb
See sponge in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English
Origin: , from Latin spongia
Origin: , from Greek spongiā
Origin: , from spongos
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