"sponge" meaning in Anglais

See sponge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \spʌndʒ\, \spʌndʒ\, spʌndʒ Audio: En-us-sponge.ogg
  1. Éponge (animal).
    Sense id: fr-sponge-en-noun-YeAwvOpK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: \spʌndʒ\, \spʌndʒ\, spʌndʒ Audio: En-us-sponge.ogg Forms: to sponge [infinitive], sponges [present, third-person, singular], sponged [preterite], sponged [participle, past], sponging [participle, present]
  1. Éponger.
    Sense id: fr-sponge-en-verb-4JTRyjMJ
  2. Vivre aux dépens de, vivre aux crochets de, profiter (de).
    Sense id: fr-sponge-en-verb-U8olZDvP Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en vieil anglais",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du vieil anglais spunge, tiré du latin spongia, du grec ancien σπογγιά, spongiá, apparenté à σπόγγος, spóngos."
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        "Éponge (animal)."
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    {
      "ipa": "\\spʌndʒ\\"
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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    },
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  ],
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      "form": "to sponge",
      "ipas": [
        "\\spʌndʒ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sponges",
      "ipas": [
        "\\spʌndʒəz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sponged",
      "ipas": [
        "\\spʌndʒd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sponged",
      "ipas": [
        "\\spʌndʒd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sponging",
      "ipas": [
        "\\spʌndʒ.ɪŋ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "Dans le sens de « profiter », le complément d’objet éventuel est introduit par la particule off ou on."
  ],
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Éponger."
      ],
      "id": "fr-sponge-en-verb-4JTRyjMJ"
    },
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              11
            ],
            [
              16,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "text": "I swear I’m not sponging!",
          "translation": "Je te jure que je ne profite pas !"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "text": "She is sponging off the state.",
          "translation": "Elle vit aux crochets de l’État."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Vivre aux dépens de, vivre aux crochets de, profiter (de)."
      ],
      "id": "fr-sponge-en-verb-U8olZDvP"
    }
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    "Du vieil anglais spunge, tiré du latin spongia, du grec ancien σπογγιά, spongiá, apparenté à σπόγγος, spóngos."
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      "ipas": [
        "\\spʌndʒ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sponges",
      "ipas": [
        "\\spʌndʒəz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sponged",
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        "\\spʌndʒd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sponged",
      "ipas": [
        "\\spʌndʒd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sponging",
      "ipas": [
        "\\spʌndʒ.ɪŋ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "Dans le sens de « profiter », le complément d’objet éventuel est introduit par la particule off ou on."
  ],
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Éponger."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais"
      ],
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            [
              10,
              11
            ],
            [
              16,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "text": "I swear I’m not sponging!",
          "translation": "Je te jure que je ne profite pas !"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "text": "She is sponging off the state.",
          "translation": "Elle vit aux crochets de l’État."
        }
      ],
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        "Vivre aux dépens de, vivre aux crochets de, profiter (de)."
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "\\spʌndʒ\\"
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      "ipa": "\\spʌndʒ\\"
    },
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