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(verb) gather sponges, in the ocean |
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Related Words: collect, garner, gather, pull together |
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(verb) wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten |
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Related Words: pass over, wipe |
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(verb) soak up with a sponge |
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Related Words: mop, mop up, wipe up |
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(verb) erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard |
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Related Words: efface, erase, rub out, score out, wipe off |
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(noun) primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies |
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Synonyms: parazoan, poriferan |
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Related Words: glass sponge, invertebrate |
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(noun) 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 |
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Related Words: absorbent, absorbent material |
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(noun) a follower who hangs around in hope of gain or advantage |
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Synonyms: leech, minion, parasite |
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Related Words: follower |
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(verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite |
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Synonyms: bum, cadge, grub, mooch |
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Related Words: freeload, obtain |
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