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Antonyms for sponge

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : spuhnj
Phonetic Transcription : spÊŒndÊ’

Definition of sponge

Origin :
  • Old English sponge, spunge, from Latin spongia "a sponge," also "sea animal from which a sponge comes," from Greek spongia, related to spongos "sponge," borrowed from an unknown source. The Latin word is the source of Old Saxon spunsia, Middle Dutch spongie, Old French esponge, Spanish esponja, Italian spugna. To throw in the sponge "quit, submit" (1860) is from prizefighting, in reference to the sponges used to cleanse the faces of combatants between rounds (cf. later throw in the towel). Sponge-cake is attested from 1808.
  • noun moocher
  • verb mooch
Example sentences :
  • When and how is sponge cake taken from the pan in which it is baked?
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • But that first case died because a sponge had been left in the operating field.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • I hated him for this, as though the sponge had been Rachel's heart.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Take a basin of water and a sponge, Fred, and wash the dust off.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • Add it gradually, stirring your flour into the sponge at the same time.
  • Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen
  • This is the sponge, and will take about eight hours, or all day, to rise.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 » by Various
  • Spread the jam at the bottom, and lay on it the sponge cakes, cut in halves.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Mix with the sugar and milk, and pour over the sponge cakes.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Have ready two sponge biscuits soaked in a quarter of a pint of cream, bruise them fine and stir them into the sugar and butter.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • No matter whether I can walk or not I shan't stay and sponge on you.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Synonyms for sponge

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