Meaning of "sponge" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPONGE

Old English, from Latin spongia, from Greek.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SPONGE

sponge  [spʌndʒ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPONGE

Sponge is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sponge in English.

WHAT DOES SPONGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sponge

Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. Sponges have unspecialized cells that can transform into other types and that often migrate between the main cell layers and the mesohyl in the process. Sponges do not have nervous, digestive or circulatory systems. Instead, most rely on maintaining a constant water flow through their bodies to obtain food and oxygen and to remove wastes.

Definition of sponge in the English dictionary

The first definition of sponge in the dictionary is any multicellular typically marine animal of the phylum Porifera, usually occurring in complex sessile colonies in which the porous body is supported by a fibrous, calcareous, or siliceous skeletal framework. Other definition of sponge is any of a number of light porous elastic materials resembling a sponge. Sponge is also a person who indulges in heavy drinking.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SPONGE

PRESENT

Present

I sponge

you sponge

he/she/it sponges

we sponge

you sponge

they sponge

Present continuous

I am sponging

you are sponging

he/she/it is sponging

we are sponging

you are sponging

they are sponging

Present perfect

I have sponged

you have sponged

he/she/it has sponged

we have sponged

you have sponged

they have sponged

Present perfect continuous

I have been sponging

you have been sponging

he/she/it has been sponging

we have been sponging

you have been sponging

they have been sponging

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I sponged

you sponged

he/she/it sponged

we sponged

you sponged

they sponged

Past continuous

I was sponging

you were sponging

he/she/it was sponging

we were sponging

you were sponging

they were sponging

Past perfect

I had sponged

you had sponged

he/she/it had sponged

we had sponged

you had sponged

they had sponged

Past perfect continuous

I had been sponging

you had been sponging

he/she/it had been sponging

we had been sponging

you had been sponging

they had been sponging

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will sponge

you will sponge

he/she/it will sponge

we will sponge

you will sponge

they will sponge

Future continuous

I will be sponging

you will be sponging

he/she/it will be sponging

we will be sponging

you will be sponging

they will be sponging

Future perfect

I will have sponged

you will have sponged

he/she/it will have sponged

we will have sponged

you will have sponged

they will have sponged

Future perfect continuous

I will have been sponging

you will have been sponging

he/she/it will have been sponging

we will have been sponging

you will have been sponging

they will have been sponging

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would sponge

you would sponge

he/she/it would sponge

we would sponge

you would sponge

they would sponge

Conditional continuous

I would be sponging

you would be sponging

he/she/it would be sponging

we would be sponging

you would be sponging

they would be sponging

Conditional perfect

I would have sponge

you would have sponge

he/she/it would have sponge

we would have sponge

you would have sponge

they would have sponge

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been sponging

you would have been sponging

he/she/it would have been sponging

we would have been sponging

you would have been sponging

they would have been sponging

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you sponge
we let´s sponge
you sponge

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to sponge

Past participle

sponged

Present Participle

sponging

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SPONGE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sponge» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of sponge

clean · mop · rinse · sluice · swab · wash · wipe

TRANSLATION OF SPONGE

Find out the translation of sponge to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sponge from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sponge» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 海绵
• Translator English - Spanish: esponja
• English: sponge
• Translator English - Hindi: स्पंज
• Translator English - Arabic: إسْفِنْجَة
• Translator English - Russian: губка
• Translator English - Portuguese: esponja
• Translator English - Bengali: জীবনযাপন করা
• Translator English - French: éponge
• Translator English - Malay: Span
• Translator English - German: Schwamm
• Translator English - Japanese: スポンジ
• Translator English - Korean: 스펀지
• Translator English - Javanese: Gabus
• Translator English - Vietnamese: miếng bọt biển
• Translator English - Tamil: கடற்பாசி
• Translator English - Marathi: स्पंज
• Translator English - Turkish: sünger
• Translator English - Italian: spugna
• Translator English - Polish: gąbka
• Translator English - Ukrainian: губка
• Translator English - Romanian: burete
• Translator English - Greek: σφουγγάρι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: spons
• Translator English - Swedish: tvättsvamp
• Translator English - Norwegian: svamp

10 QUOTES WITH «SPONGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sponge.

1

April Bloomfield

I started in the kitchen of a Holiday Inn in Birmingham. I wanted to be a sponge, wanted to learn and progress. I knew I didn't want to work in a hotel forever, but I had some good teachers there.

2

Sylvia Browne

I don't like tofu. I'd sooner eat a sponge.

3

Win Butler

I feel like I'm kind of a bit of a sponge in a way. Like, if people around me are going through things, I find it very hard not to be empathetic.

4

Steve Carell

Children are very smart, in their own stupid way. A child's brain is like a sponge, and you know how smart sponges are.

5

Anna Chancellor

I can cook to please people, but it's quite conventional. I make a good sponge cake. I find it hard to follow recipes.

6

Maureen Chiquet

I'm like a sponge: I like to listen.

7

John Ciardi

Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.

8

Harry Houdini

Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.

9

Michael B. Jordan

Don't pretend to know everything. I've been blessed to work with a lot of veteran actors, and I soak up lessons from them like a sponge.

10

Chanda Kochhar

Clearly, for an organization to move on, it is the job of the leader to be that sponge that takes the stress from inside and the outside.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPONGE»

Discover the use of sponge in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sponge and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Design*Sponge at Home

Presents seventy design interiors provided by the readers of the DesignSponge website, along with fifty projects with before and after pictures showing transformed rooms, furniture, and accessories.

Grace Bonney, 2011

Design*Sponge at Home

Design*Sponge fans have been yearning for the ultimate design manual from their guru, Grace, and she has finally delivered with this definitive guide, which includes: • Home tours of 70 real-life interiors featuring artists and designers ...

Grace Bonney, 2011

Design*Sponge at Home

Design*Sponge fans have been yearning for the ultimate design manual from their guru, Grace, and she has finally delivered with this definitive guide, which includes: Home tours of 70 real-life interiors featuring artists and designers ...

Grace Bonney, 2011

Sponge Painting: Fast and Fun Techniques for Creating ...

With hundreds of colorful action photos, this book shows how to use ordinary sponges and quick-drying acrylic paints to create scenic landscapes and colorful flowers in a fraction of the time needed when using brushes.

Terrence Tse, 2007

The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in Goodness, ...

Eager to help their heroes Mermaidman and Barnacleboy, SpongeBob and Patrick become superheroes Man Sponge and Boy Patrick, and free the villain Man Ray from prison after he promises to turn from his evil ways.

David Lewman, 2011

Advances in Sponge Science: Phylogeny, Systematics, Ecology

This volume will become a reference to marine biologists with interest in benthic ecology and biotic interactions, including symbiosis chemical and molecular ecology systematics, phylogeny, and evolution sponge culture and tissue ...

Mikel A. Becerro, 2012

Sponge in Space!

When SpongeBob worries about aliens on his upcoming trip to the moon, Patrick suggests making Sandy's rocket alien-proof.

Golden Books, 2012

Advances in Sponge Science: Physiology, Chemical and ...

. This volume will become a reference to marine biologists with interest in benthic ecology and biotic interactions, including symbiosis chemical and molecular ecology systematics, phylogeny, and evolution sponge culture and tissue ...

Mikel A. Becerro, 2012

The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in What Were ...

When Man Sponge finds Mermaidman's utility belt and wants to test its power, he accidentally shrinks Boy Patrick, and must find a way to bring him back to normal size before he shrinks the entire town.

David Lewman, 2011

Aspects of sponge biology

Aspects of sponge biology

Frederick Harrison, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPONGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sponge is used in the context of the following news items.

Prince Philip asks community centre group: 'Who do you sponge off?'

The 35-year-old, who presented the Queen with a large iced sponge cake as the ... they were talking about a sponge cake, no offence was intended or taken. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Medtronic buys sponge detection tech firm, RF Surgical, for $235 …

Medtronic PLC keeps buying, and on Monday it announced the acquisition of technology to prevent sponges, gauze and towels from being left inside patients ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»

Can B.C.'s glass sponge reefs be saved?

Glass sponge reefs in British Columbia's Hecate Strait that were once considered extinct are now the focus of a federal protection effort that a conservation group ... «Macleans.ca, Jun 15»

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water review – almost every …

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water review – almost every line a zinger. 4 / 5 stars. There's been no evolutionary development or creative progress ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»

Caspar Lee and Joe Sugg land mega roles in The Spongebob …

Vloggers Casper Lee and Joe Sugg have each landed a role in The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water. The boys will feature as Antonio Banderas' ... «Metro, Feb 15»

'The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water' Kicked 'American …

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water is destroying the box office and all the films that stand in its way. The movie jumped into theaters with competition ... «Tech Times, Feb 15»

Classic But Trippy: 'The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'

Full of slapstick and humorous puns, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water stays true to the entertainment given by the popular children's television show ... «Rotoscopers, Feb 15»

'The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water' Review

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water takes us back to the underwater city of Bikini Bottom, where life for the child-like fry cook SpongeBob SquarePants ... «Screen Rant, Feb 15»

The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water Review

Those eleven years haven't been kind to Spongebob, or the rest of Bikini Bottom for that matter, as The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water is nothing new ... «Cinema Blend, Feb 15»

New Trailer and Poster for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of …

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water stars Antonio Banderas, Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence and ... «ComingSoon.net, Oct 14»