B1verb · transitive · rare

sponge

sponge · sponges · sponged · sponging

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schnorren

To take advantage of the kindness of othersTo take advantage of the kindness of others.

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/spʌnd͡ʒ/

» He's still sponging off his father.

Er schnorrt immer noch bei seinem Vater. — al_ex_an_der

Он всё ещё сидит на шее у своего отца. — sharptoothed

Он по-прежнему живёт за счёт отца. — Ooneykcall

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Meaning

8 senses

(intransitive, slang)To take advantage of the kindness of others.
He has been sponging off his friends for a month now.
schnorren
паразити́роватьparazitírovatʹ, «соса́ть», «дои́ть»
(transitive)To get by imposition; to scrounge.
July 17 1735, Jonathan Swift, letter to Lord Ornery I am an utter stranger to the persons and places, except when half a score come to sponge on me every Sunday evening
to sponge a breakfast
ask for and get free; be a parasite
(transitive)To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
чи́стить гу́бкойčístitʹ gúbkoj
soak up with a sponge
To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
(intransitive)To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.

Examples

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He's still sponging off his father.
ruОн всё ещё сидит на шее у своего отца. — sharptoothed
deEr schnorrt immer noch bei seinem Vater. — al_ex_an_der
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He's still sponging off his parents.
ruОн всё ещё сидит на шее у своих родителей. — fjay69
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I'm going to need a sponge.
ruМне понадобится губка. — marafon
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Do you give patients a sponge bath every day?
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Tom threw a wet sponge at me in school today.
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Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to take advantage of others:

to clean with a sponge:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to take advantage of others:

Origin

From Middle English sponge, from Old English spunge, taken from Latin spongia, from Ancien

From Middle English sponge, from Old English spunge, taken from Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá), from σπόγγος (spóngos). Displaced native Old English swamm (“fungus, sponge”).

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