## Meanings
1. A soft, porous material used for washing or soaking up liquid.
2. To clean, wipe, or soak up something with a sponge.
3. To get money or things from others without giving anything back.
4. A person who learns or absorbs new things very quickly.

## Examples
- She wiped the table clean with a damp sponge.
- The nurse gently sponged the patient's forehead.
- He's been sponging off his friends for months.
- Young children are like sponges, soaking up languages with ease.

## Derived Forms
- bacteriosponge
- calcisponge
- cyanosponge
- cytosponge
- demosponge
- disponge
- microsponge
- nanosponge
- responge
- sclerosponge
- sponge-brained
- spongeable

## Related Forms
- foam

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sponge
- Root: spunge
- Root: spongia
- Root: σπογγιά

## Etymology
From Middle English sponge, from Old English spunge, taken from Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá), from σπόγγος (spóngos).

## AI Etymology
Sponge is from Middle English sponge, from Old English spunge, taken from Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá), from σπόγγος (spóngos). Important forms in the word's history include Middle English sponge, Old English spunge, Latin spongia, Ancient Greek σπογγιά. In current use it includes senses such as A soft, porous material used for washing or soaking up liquid and To clean, wipe, or soak up something with a sponge.

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- Space, Position & Direction
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