sponge

sponge
1. noun
1) Schwamm, der
2) see academic.ru/69733/sponge_cake">sponge cake; sponge pudding
2. transitive verb
1) see cadge 1.
2) (wipe) mit einem Schwamm waschen
Phrasal Verbs:
- sponge off
- sponge on
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1. noun
1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) der Schwamm
2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) der Schwamm
3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) der Schwammpudding
4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) der Wischer
2. verb
1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) reinigen
2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) schmarotzen
- sponger
- spongy
- spongily
- sponginess
- sponge cake
- sponge pudding
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sponge
[spʌnʤ]
I. n
1. (foam cloth) Schwamm m
to give sth a \sponge car etw waschen; floor etw wischen [o SCHWEIZ fegen]; table, wall etw abwischen [o SCHWEIZ abputzen]
to give sth a \sponge with a cloth etw mit einem Tuch abreiben
2. (soft cake) Rührkuchen m; (without fat) Biskuit[kuchen] m
3. (fam: parasitic person) Schnorrer(in) m(f) fam, Schmarotzer(in) m(f) pej
4. (fam: heavy drinker) Schluckspecht m hum fam
II. vt
1. (clean)
to \sponge sth etw [mit einem Schwamm] abwaschen [o abwischen]
to \sponge oneself sich akk [mit einem Schwamm] waschen
to \sponge the ceiling/a wall die Decke/eine Wand [mit einem Schwamm] abwischen
2. (get for free)
to \sponge cigarettes/lunch/money off of sb von jdm Zigaretten/ein Mittagessen/Geld schnorren
III. vi (pej fam)
to \sponge on sb jdn ausnutzen
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[spʌndZ]
1. n
1) (ALSO ZOOL) Schwamm m

contraceptive sponge — (empfängnisverhütendes) Schwämmchen nt

See:
2)

(= sponging) to give sth a sponge (floor) — etw wischen; car etw waschen; walls etw abwaschen; table etw abwischen

3) (COOK) Rührkuchen m; (fatless) Biskuit(kuchen) m; (= sponge mixture) Rührteig m, Biskuitmasse f

jam sponge — Biskuit(kuchen) mit Marmeladenfüllung

2. vt
1) (= clean) abwischen; wound abtupfen
2) (inf: scrounge) schnorren (inf) (from bei)
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sponge [spʌndʒ]
A s
1. ZOOL, auch weitS. Schwamm m:
throw in the sponge (Boxen) das Handtuch werfen (a. fig);
have a memory like a sponge umg ein Gedächtnis wie ein Sieb haben
2. fig umg Schmarotzer(in), Schnorrer(in) (beide pej)
3. GASTR
a) sponge pudding
b) sponge cake
4. MED Tupfer m
B v/t
1. (mit einem Schwamm) reinigen:
sponge down abreiben;
sponge off (oder away) weg-, abwischen
2. meist sponge out auslöschen (a. fig)
3. sponge up Wasser etc (mit einem Schwamm) aufsaugen, -nehmen
4. fig umg (from) (kostenlos) ergattern (von): schnorren (bei, von) pej
C v/i
1. sich vollsaugen
2. Schwämme sammeln
3. fig umg schmarotzen, schnorren (beide pej):
sponge off (oder on) sb auf jemandes Kosten leben;
sponge off (oder on) the state auf Staatskosten leben
* * *
1. noun
1) Schwamm, der
2. transitive verb
1) see cadge 1.
2) (wipe) mit einem Schwamm waschen
Phrasal Verbs:
* * *
n.
Schwamm -¨e m.

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