Sponging

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of sponge.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • a. & n. from sponge, v.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act denoted by the verb ‘sponge.’
  • n. In curing yellow tobacco, a staining of the face side of the leaf of a dull Spanish brown, due to insufficient heat in the process of fixing the color.
  • Word Usage
    "The other is "sponging" - in which the dolphins break off a conical bit of sponge and fit it over their heads like a cap, shielding them as they forage for food on the sea floor."
    Variant
    sponge   
    Verb Stem
    sponge