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
   [material] A sponge is a tool, implement, utensil or cleaning aid consisting of porous material. Sponges are used for cleaning impervious surfaces. They are especially good absorbers of water and water-based solutions. Sponges are commonly made from cellulose wood fibres, or foamed plastic p...
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3. Sponge
   [TV series] Sponge (스펀지) is a South Korean TV variety show that debuted in 8 November 2003 on KBS2. The show claims to be "infotainment," and revolves around presenting various pieces of triva in an entertaining fashion. The pieces of trivia are often sent in by viewers who wish to bro...
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4. Sponge
   [disambiguation] Sponge is an animal of the phylum Porifera. Sponge may also refer to: ...
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5. sponge
   porous rubber for washing live at once expense 
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6. 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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7. 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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8. Sponge
   This toning tool is used to saturate or de-saturate areas of an image.
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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. 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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19. 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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20. Sponge
    [band] Charlie Grover Mike Cross Tim Cross Sponge is an Alternative Rock band from Detroit, Michigan formed in 1991 by Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross, Tim Cross (all formerly of the hard rock band Loudhouse) and Joey Mazzola. Sponge was signed to Sony Records in 1994 but have since switched to...
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21. Sponge
    Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera (É™; meaning "pore bearer").They are multicellular organisms which have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. Sponges have unspecialized cel...
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22. Sponge
    This toning tool is used to saturate or de-saturate areas of an image
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23. sponge
    an absorbent material used for washing
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24. sponge
    A member of the phylum Porifera. Sponges are marine or freshwater invertebrates that live permanently attached to rocks or other surfaces. The body of a sponge is hollow and consists basically of an aggregation of cells between which there is little nervous coordination, although they do have spec...
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25. 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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