Sponge jelentése magyarul, definíció, kiejtés és példamondatok

sponge

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Főnév

1. Any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.

Szinonimák: bath sponge, porifer, poriferan, sea sponge

2. A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).

Szinonimák: bath sponge

3. A porous material such as sponges consist of.

4. A heavy drinker.

Szinonimák: souse, swill-pot

5. A type of light cake.

Szinonimák: sponge cake

6. A type of steamed pudding.

Szinonimák: sponge pudding

7. A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).

Szinonimák: freeloader, sponger

8. A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.

9. Any sponge-like substance.

10. A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.

11. The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.

12. A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.

Ige

1. To take advantage of the kindness of others.

He has been sponging off his friends for a month now.

2. To get by imposition; to scrounge.

to sponge a breakfast

Szinonimák: blag

3. To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.

4. To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.

5. To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.

6. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.

7. To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.