Look up: sponge

1. sponge
   A special case of a Unix filter that reads its entire input before writing any output; the canonical example is a sort utility. Unlike most filters, a sponge can conveniently overwrite the input file with the output data stream. If a file system has file versioning (as ITS did and VMS does now) th...
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2. sponge
   porous rubber for washing live at once expense 
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3. sponge
   [n] - a porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used 2. [n] - primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal frame...
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4. sponge
   a moisture absorbing material used for removing surface moisture Category: Domestic economy • a loose electro-deposit which is fluffy and of spongy consistency Category: Chemistry
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5. Sponge
   This toning tool is used to saturate or de-saturate areas of an image.
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6. Sponge
   Sponge noun [ Old French esponge , French éponge , Latin spongia , Greek ..., .... Confer Fungus , Spunk .] [ Formerly written also spunge .] 1. (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of SpongiÃ...
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7. Sponge
   Sponge transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sponged ; present participle & verbal noun Sponging .] 1. To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a c...
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8. Sponge
   Sponge intransitive verb 1. To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge. 2. Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor. E. Eggleston. « The fly is an intruder, and a common ...
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9. sponge
   1. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. ... 2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, ...
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10. sponge
    poriferan noun primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
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11. sponge
    noun a porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
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12. sponge
    (spunj) a porous, absorbent mass, as a pad of gauze or cotton surrounded by gauze, or the elastic fibrous skeleton of certain species of marine animals. absorbable gelatin sponge a sterile, absorbable, water-insoluble, gelatin-base material used in the control of bleeding.
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13. Sponge
    • (v. i.) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven. • (n.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a han...
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14. sponge
    (from the article `baking`) The sponge-and-dough mixing method consists of two distinct stages. In the first stage, the mixture, called the sponge, usually contains one-half to ... The albumen of egg white, a protein solution, foams readily when whipped. The highly extended structure has little strength and must be supported ... [2 r...
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15. sponge
    any of the primitive multicellular aquatic animals that constitute the phylum Porifera. They number approximately 5,000 described species and inhabit ... [20 related articles]
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16. sponge
    sponge 1. Any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies. 2. The light, yielding, porous, fibrous skeleton or framework of certain animals or coloni...
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17. Sponge
    This toning tool is used to saturate or de-saturate areas of an image
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18. sponge
    an absorbent material used for washing
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19. sponge
    sponge, common name for members of the aquatic animal phylum Porifera, and for the dried, processed skeletons of certain species used to hold water. Over 4,500 living species are known; they are found throughout the world, especially in shallow temperate waters. All are marine except the members of ...
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20. Sponge
    Sponge is slang for a heavy drinker.
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21. Sponge
    Sponge is slang for a heavy drinker.
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22. Sponge
    Sponges (Porifera) are a group of simple animals. They possess a porous ' spongy' texture and no definite external organs or form. They vary in shape and hardness. The sponge body consists of a mass of cells of various kinds forming a delicate tissue, and this is supported on a skeleton of minute ro...
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23. sponge
    Type: Term Pronunciation: spŭnj Definitions: 1. Absorbent material (gauze, prepared cotton) used to absorb fluids. 2. A member of the phylum Porifera, the cellular endoskeleton of which is a source of commercial sponges. Synonyms: spongia
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24. sponge
    Any saclike simple invertebrate of the phylum Porifera, usually marine. A sponge has a hollow body, its cavity lined by cells bearing flagellae, whose whiplike movements keep water circulating, bringing in a stream of food particles. The body walls are strengthened with protein (as in the bath spong...
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25. sponge
    aquatic animal of the phylum Porifera, with pores in its body wall and a rigid skeleton. Sponges are very primitive animals, colonies of individuals, that evolved early in the history of the earth. They are attached to the substrate and filter the water for phyto plankton.
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