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"word": "barrel sponge"
},
{
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"word": "breadcrumb sponge"
},
{
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"word": "calcareous sponge"
},
{
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"word": "chewing sponge"
},
{
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"word": "chuck up the sponge"
},
{
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"word": "contraceptive sponge"
},
{
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"word": "coralline sponge"
},
{
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"word": "demosponge"
},
{
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"word": "draw a sponge over the slate"
},
{
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"word": "fun sponge"
},
{
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"word": "glass sponge"
},
{
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"word": "globe sponge"
},
{
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"word": "glove sponge"
},
{
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"word": "Menger sponge"
},
{
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"word": "menstrual sponge"
},
{
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"word": "pass a sponge over the slate"
},
{
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"word": "platinum sponge"
},
{
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"word": "sea sponge"
},
{
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"word": "set a sponge"
},
{
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"word": "sheepswool sponge"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Sierpinski sponge"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slime sponge"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "smoke sponge"
},
{
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"word": "sponge bag"
},
{
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"word": "sponge-bag pants"
},
{
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"word": "sponge bath"
},
{
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"word": "sponge cake"
},
{
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"word": "sponge cloth"
},
{
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"word": "sponge construction"
},
{
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"word": "sponge crab"
},
{
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"word": "sponge down"
},
{
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"word": "sponge function"
},
{
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"word": "sponge gourd"
},
{
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"word": "sponge out"
},
{
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"word": "sponge roll"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sponge tax"
},
{
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"word": "sponge toffee"
},
{
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"word": "spongey"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "squat sponge"
},
{
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"word": "throw in the sponge"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "throw up the sponge"
},
{
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"word": "titanium sponge"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Victoria sponge"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "स्पंज",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: स्पंज (spañj)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: स्पंज (spañj)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "スポンジ",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "suponji"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: スポンジ (suponji)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: スポンジ (suponji)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "스펀지",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 스펀지 (seupeonji)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 스펀지 (seupeonji)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ps",
"2": "سپنج",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "spanj"
},
"expansion": "→ Pashto: سپنج (spanj)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Pashto: سپنج (spanj)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "spynj",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Welsh: spynj",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Welsh: spynj"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "spunge"
},
"expansion": "Old English spunge",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "spongia"
},
"expansion": "Latin spongia",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "σπογγιά"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "σπόγγος"
},
"expansion": "σπόγγος (spóngos)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English spunge, taken from Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá), related to σπόγγος (spóngos).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sponges",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "sponge (countable and uncountable, plural sponges)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
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"word": "foam"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica."
],
"id": "en-sponge-en-noun-NIT6kuvr",
"links": [
[
"marine",
"marine"
],
[
"invertebrate",
"invertebrate"
],
[
"Porifera",
"Porifera#Translingual"
],
[
"porous",
"porous"
],
[
"skeleton",
"skeleton"
],
[
"silica",
"silica"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sea sponge"
},
{
"word": "bath sponge"
},
{
"word": "poriferan"
},
{
"word": "porifer"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable"
],
"translations": [
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔisfanj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "إِسْفَنْج"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔisfinj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "إسفنج"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sifinj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "سِفِنج"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "spung",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "սպունգ"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponxa"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "belaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "húbka",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гу́бка"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sjúnger",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сю́нгер"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponja"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "海綿"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎimián",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "海绵"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "houba"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mořská houba"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "houbovec"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spons"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "spongo"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "käsn"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "sienieläin"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "éponge"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sponze"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sponge"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponxa"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwamm"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfoungári",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σφουγγάρι"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "spóngos",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σπόγγος"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "isapañj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ઇસપંજ"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "spañj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "સ્પંજ"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "huʻakai"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sfog",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "סְפוֹג"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "spañj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "स्पंज"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "szivacs"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "svampur"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "sponjo"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "bunga karang"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spugna"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"alt": "かいめん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaimen",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "海綿"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "eepoŋsh",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "អេប៉ុងហ្ស៍"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼeepong",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "អេប៉ុង"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gaetsom",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "갯솜"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seupeonji",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "스펀지"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "haemyeon",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "해면"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "îsfenc"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "îsfenc"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sunger"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spongia"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sūklis"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pintis"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "durlė"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "súnǵer",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "су́нѓер"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "bunga karang"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "kōpūpūtai"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "pūngorungoru"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "táłtłʼááh yilcháazhii"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "êponge"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "svamp"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponga"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sünger",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "سونگر"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "spanj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سپنج"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "esfanj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "اسفنج"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwom"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gąbka"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponja"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "puqyala"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "burete"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spongie"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gúbka",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гу́бка"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "stq",
"lang": "Saterland Frisian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "Swom"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "спужва"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "сунђер"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "spužva"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "sunđer"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hubka"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spúžva"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponja"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "espongha"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "spāñji",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "స్పాంజి"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "fɔɔng-náam",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "ฟองน้ำ"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "sünger"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "húbka",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гу́бка"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "isfanj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "اسفنج"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sponxa"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "sponga"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "bọt biển"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "spûns"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 9 3 5 1 3 9 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shvom",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "שוואָם"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad",
"text": "She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic)."
],
"id": "en-sponge-en-noun-~fvbP2kt",
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bath sponge"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "safing",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سَفِنْج"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔisfinja",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "إسفنجة"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sifinja",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "سِفِنجة"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "spung",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "սպունգ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponxa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "belaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "húbka",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гу́бка"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gǎba za miene",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гъба за миене"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponja"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "jašorig",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "йашориг"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "cʼanorig",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "цӏанориг"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "海綿"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎimián",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "海绵"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "houba"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "svamp"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "spongo"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "pesukäsn"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "pesusieni"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "éponge"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponxa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sac̣uri",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "საწური"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwamm"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfoungári",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σφουγγάρι"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "spóngos",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σπόγγος"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "huʻa kai"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "huʻakai"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "huʻahuʻa kai"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sfog",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "סְפוֹג"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "spañj",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "स्पंज"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "szivacs"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "svampur"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "spons"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spugna"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "suponji",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "スポンジ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "pɔpuh tɨk",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "ពពុះទឹក"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼeepong",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "អេប៉ុង"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seupeonji",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "스펀지"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lûfik"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "îsfenc"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sunger"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spongia"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kempinė"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sunǵer",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сунѓер"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "span"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "porlon",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "порлон"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "tó yitsʼǫǫsí"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "êponge"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "svamp"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponja"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sünger",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "سونگر"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "spanj",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سپنج"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "esfanj",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "اسفنج"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sponzh"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwom"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gąbka"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponja"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "burete"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gúbka",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гу́бка"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "močálka",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "моча́лка"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "спужва"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "сунђер"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "spužva"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "sunđer"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sponza"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 56 13 2 0 3 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sfincia"
},
{
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"masculine"
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"sense": "slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others",
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"sense": "slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others",
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"sense": "slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others",
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"sense": "slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"sense": "slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others",
"tags": [
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],
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"sense": "slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others",
"tags": [
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],
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 5 0 3 52 23 1 2 2 3 2 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gorrón"
},
{
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"lang": "Swedish",
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]
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"ref": "2014, Phoeve Hutchison, Are You Listening? Life Is Talking to You!, page 145",
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"type": "quotation"
}
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],
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]
},
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"Body",
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"Reproduction",
"Human",
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"Fundamental",
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"Gender",
"Biology",
"Sciences",
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"Sociology",
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"Lifeforms",
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"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
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[
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]
},
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"Fundamental"
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"food",
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"glosses": [
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]
},
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"Body",
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[
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[
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"orig": "en:Hygiene",
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"Body",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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[
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[
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"tags": [
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{
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "porous material",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponja"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 40 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 5 0 0 0",
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "porous material",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
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"sense": "porous material",
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"lang": "Galician",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "esponxa"
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{
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"sense": "porous material",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
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{
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{
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{
"ref": "2015, Hal Whitehead, Luke Rendell, The Cultural Lives of Whales and, page 109",
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"word": "sponge cake"
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"word": "sponge cloth"
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"word": "sponge construction"
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{
"word": "sponge crab"
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{
"word": "sponge down"
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"word": "sponge function"
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{
"word": "sponge gourd"
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{
"word": "sponge out"
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{
"word": "sponge roll"
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{
"word": "sponge tax"
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{
"word": "sponge toffee"
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{
"word": "spongey"
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"word": "squat sponge"
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"word": "throw in the sponge"
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{
"word": "throw up the sponge"
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],
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"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)."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) 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)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "freeloader"
},
{
"word": "sponger"
},
{
"word": "scrounger"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"slang",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014, Phoeve Hutchison, Are You Listening? Life Is Talking to You!, page 145",
"text": "For this reason, we need to think of our children as sponges of information and watch their sources carefully. We also need to always model appropriate behaviour, as we are a constant source of new information.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person who readily absorbs ideas."
],
"links": [
[
"absorb",
"absorb"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge."
],
"links": [
[
"contraception",
"contraception"
],
[
"vagina",
"vagina"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Baking"
],
"glosses": [
"Any sponge-like substance.",
"Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven."
],
"links": [
[
"baking",
"baking#Noun"
],
[
"Dough",
"dough"
],
[
"loaves",
"loaf"
],
[
"yeast",
"yeast"
],
[
"leaven",
"leaven"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Any sponge-like substance.",
"(baking) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"baking",
"cooking",
"food",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Any sponge-like substance.",
"Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Any sponge-like substance.",
"Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"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."
],
"links": [
[
"mop",
"mop"
],
[
"bore",
"bore"
],
[
"cannon",
"cannon"
],
[
"discharge",
"discharge"
],
[
"sheepskin",
"sheepskin"
],
[
"nap",
"nap"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel."
],
"links": [
[
"extremity",
"extremity"
],
[
"horseshoe",
"horseshoe"
],
[
"heel",
"heel"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang"
],
"glosses": [
"A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation."
],
"links": [
[
"nuclear power plant",
"nuclear power plant"
],
[
"worker",
"worker"
],
[
"radiation",
"radiation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"slang",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/spʌnd͡ʒ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌndʒ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-sponge.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/En-us-sponge.ogg/En-us-sponge.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/En-us-sponge.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "spŭnj"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔisfanj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "إِسْفَنْج"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔisfinj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "إسفنج"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sifinj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "سِفِنج"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "spung",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "սպունգ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponxa"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "belaki"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "húbka",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гу́бка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sjúnger",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сю́нгер"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponja"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "海綿"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎimián",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "海绵"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "houba"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mořská houba"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "houbovec"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spons"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "spongo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "käsn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "sienieläin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "éponge"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sponze"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sponge"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponxa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwamm"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfoungári",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σφουγγάρι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "spóngos",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σπόγγος"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "isapañj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ઇસપંજ"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "spañj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "સ્પંજ"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "huʻakai"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sfog",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "סְפוֹג"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "spañj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "स्पंज"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "szivacs"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "svampur"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "sponjo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "bunga karang"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spugna"
},
{
"alt": "かいめん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaimen",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "海綿"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "eepoŋsh",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "អេប៉ុងហ្ស៍"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼeepong",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "អេប៉ុង"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gaetsom",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "갯솜"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seupeonji",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "스펀지"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "haemyeon",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "해면"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "îsfenc"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "îsfenc"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sunger"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spongia"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sūklis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pintis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "durlė"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "súnǵer",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "су́нѓер"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "bunga karang"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "kōpūpūtai"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "pūngorungoru"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "táłtłʼááh yilcháazhii"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "êponge"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "svamp"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponga"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sünger",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "سونگر"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "spanj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سپنج"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "esfanj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "اسفنج"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwom"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gąbka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponja"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "puqyala"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "burete"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spongie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gúbka",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гу́бка"
},
{
"code": "stq",
"lang": "Saterland Frisian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "Swom"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "спужва"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "сунђер"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "spužva"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "sunđer"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hubka"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spúžva"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponja"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "espongha"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "spāñji",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "స్పాంజి"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "fɔɔng-náam",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "ฟองน้ำ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "sünger"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "húbka",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гу́бка"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "isfanj",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "اسفنج"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sponxa"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "sponga"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "bọt biển"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"word": "spûns"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shvom",
"sense": "marine invertebrate",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "שוואָם"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "safing",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سَفِنْج"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔisfinja",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "إسفنجة"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sifinja",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "سِفِنجة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "spung",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "սպունգ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponxa"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "belaki"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "húbka",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гу́бка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gǎba za miene",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гъба за миене"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esponja"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "jašorig",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "йашориг"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "cʼanorig",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "цӏанориг"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "海綿"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎimián",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "海绵"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "houba"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "svamp"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "spongo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "pesukäsn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "pesusieni"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "éponge"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
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"word": "esponxa"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "საწური"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwamm"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfoungári",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σφουγγάρι"
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"code": "grc",
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"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "huʻa kai"
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{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "huʻakai"
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{
"code": "haw",
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "סְפוֹג"
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{
"code": "hi",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "स्पंज"
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "spons"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "スポンジ"
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"code": "km",
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"word": "ពពុះទឹក"
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"code": "km",
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"word": "អេប៉ុង"
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"code": "ko",
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"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "스펀지"
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"code": "kmr",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "kmr",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "kmr",
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"feminine"
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"code": "la",
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"feminine"
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"code": "lt",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "mk",
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"masculine"
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"code": "mn",
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"code": "nrf",
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"feminine"
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"code": "no",
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"masculine"
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"code": "oc",
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"code": "pl",
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"feminine"
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"code": "pt",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "ro",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "моча́лка"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"feminine"
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "scn",
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"code": "scn",
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"code": "scn",
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{
"code": "es",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "esponja"
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{
"code": "sv",
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{
"code": "tl",
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"word": "espongha"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
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"word": "ฟองน้ำ"
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"code": "bo",
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"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "ཞ་འཐེན"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
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"word": "sünger"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гу́бка"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
"word": "bọt biển"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "piece of porous material used for washing",
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"masculine"
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"code": "cy",
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"code": "ast",
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"code": "ca",
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"code": "cs",
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"feminine"
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "gl",
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"feminine"
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"code": "el",
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"code": "hu",
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"masculine"
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"feminine"
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"code": "tr",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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"feminine",
"masculine"
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "it",
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"feminine"
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"code": "mi",
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"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
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"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
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"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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},
{
"ref": "2017, Janet Mann, Deep Thinkers: Inside the Minds of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises, page 153",
"text": "Moreover, the females that do it seem to \"sponge\" relentlessly throughout the day, hunting more than other females and more than male spongers too.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food."
],
"links": [
[
"marine biology",
"marine biology"
],
[
"tool",
"tool"
],
[
"foraging",
"forage"
],
[
"food",
"food"
]
],
"qualifier": "marine biology",
"raw_glosses": [
"(marine biology, of dolphins) To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of dolphins"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/spʌnd͡ʒ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌndʒ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-sponge.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/En-us-sponge.ogg/En-us-sponge.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/En-us-sponge.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "spŭnj"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"word": "gorrejar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"word": "siipeillä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"word": "schnorren"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"word": "parasītor"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"word": "kaimātai"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"word": "kaipaoke"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "parazitírovatʹ",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "паразити́ровать"
},
{
"alt": "«sosátʹ»",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "«соса́ть»"
},
{
"alt": "«doítʹ»",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "«дои́ть»"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"word": "cafichear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"word": "gorronear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"word": "gallofear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"word": "comer la sopa boba"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"tags": [
"offensive"
],
"word": "tatta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"word": "parasitera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to take advantage of others",
"word": "snylta"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mija s gǎba",
"sense": "to clean with a sponge",
"word": "мия с гъба"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to clean with a sponge",
"word": "esponjar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to clean with a sponge",
"word": "puhdistaa sienellä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to clean with a sponge",
"word": "éponger"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfongízo",
"sense": "to clean with a sponge",
"word": "σφογγίζω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "spongízō",
"sense": "to clean with a sponge",
"word": "σπογγίζω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "safág",
"sense": "to clean with a sponge",
"word": "ספג"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to clean with a sponge",
"word": "opeope"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to clean with a sponge",
"word": "êpongi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čístitʹ gúbkoj",
"sense": "to clean with a sponge",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чи́стить гу́бкой"
}
],
"word": "sponge"
}
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