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spong·y

(spŭn′jē)

adj. spong·i·er, spong·i·est

Resembling a sponge in elasticity, absorbency, or porousness.

spong′i·ness n.

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spongy

(ˈspʌndʒɪ)

adj, -gier or -giest

1. of or resembling a sponge, esp in texture, porosity, elasticity, or compressibility: spongy bread; spongy bone.

2. of or like a sponge in respect of its capacity to absorb fluid and yield it when compressed

ˈspongily adv

ˈsponginess n

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spon•gy

(ˈspʌn dʒi)

adj. -gi•er, -gi•est.

1. of the nature of or resembling a sponge; light, porous, or readily compressible.

2. having the absorbent characteristics of a sponge.

3. of or pertaining to a sponge.

4. porous but hard, as bone.

[1530–40]

spon′gi•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	spongy - easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread" spongelike, squishy, squashy soft - yielding readily to pressure or weight
	2.	spongy - like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed spongelike absorbent, absorptive - having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a sponge"

spongy

adjective porous, light, absorbent, springy, cushioned, elastic, cushiony The earth was spongy from rain.

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spongy

adjective

Yielding easily to pressure or weight; not firm:

mushy, pappy, pulpous, pulpy, quaggy, soft, squashy, squishy, yielding.

Translations

إسْفَنْجي، لَيِّن

houbovitý

blød

schwammig

σομφός

spongieux

szivacsos

svampkenndur

spugnoso

svampaktig

sünger gibi

有吸水性的海绵状的

spongy

[ˈspʌndʒɪ] ADJ (spongier (compar) (spongiest (superl))) → esponjoso

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spongy

[ˈspʌndʒi] adj [ground] → spongieux/euse

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spongy

adj (+er) → nachgiebig, weich; (= light) pudding → locker; skin etc → schwammig

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spongy

[ˈspʌndʒɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → spugnoso/a

sponge

(spandʒ) noun

1. a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.

2. a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.

3. a sponge pudding or cake. We had jam sponge for dessert.

4. an act of wiping etc with a sponge. Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?

verb

1. to wipe or clean with a sponge. She sponged the child's face.

2. to get a living, money etc (from someone else). He's been sponging off/on us for years.

ˈsponger noun

a person who lives by sponging on others.

ˈspongy adjective

soft and springy or holding water like a sponge. spongy ground.

ˈspongily adverb

ˈsponginess noun

sponge cake, sponge pudding

(a) very light cake or pudding made from flour, eggs and sugar etc.

spong·y

a. esponjoso-a; poroso-a.

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Three of the four standing plates are spongily etched with acid washes, while one remains glossily transparent.