'Sponged' definitions:
Definition of 'Sponged'
From: GCIDE
- Sponge \Sponge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sponged (sp[u^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sponging (sp[u^]n"j[i^]ng).]
- 1. To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition. "How came such multitudes of our nation . . . to be sponged of their plate and their money?" --South. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Sponged'
- Spong,
- Sponge,
- Sponging,
- sponge down,
- sponge off,
- sponge on,
- sponge up,
- Bath sponge,
- Cup sponge,
- Finger sponge,
- Glass sponge,
- Glove sponge,
- Grass sponge,
- Horse sponge,
- Platinum sponge,
- Pyrotechnical sponge,
- Sponge cake,
- Sponge lead,
- Sponge tree,
- Sponging house,
- To set a sponge,
- To throw up the sponge,
- Toilet sponge,
- Turkey sponge,
- Turkish sponge,
- Vegetable sponge,
- Velvet sponge,
- Vitreous sponge,
- Yellow sponge,
- chuck up the sponge,
- loufah sponge,
- madeira sponge,
- sponge bag,
- sponge bath,
- sponge cloth,
- sponge genus,
- sponge gourd,
- sponge mop,
- sponge morel,
- sponge mushroom,
- victoria sponge,
- Egyptian bath sponge,
- Glass-sponge,
- Sheep's-wool sponge