sponged in English
verb
1
wipe, rub, or clean with a wet sponge or cloth.
she sponged him down in an attempt to cool his fever
2
obtain or accept money or food from other people without doing or intending to do anything in return.
they found they could earn a perfectly good living by sponging off others
synonyms:scrounge off/frombe a parasite onbeg fromlive offfreeload oncadge frombum offmooch off
verb
Use "sponged" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "sponged" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "sponged", or refer to the context using the word "sponged" in the English Dictionary.
1. 2 The pedlar sponged money off us.
2. The words and drawings sponged off yesterday.
3. The mother sponged crayon marks off.
4. He sponged off his family for many years.
5. Wearily, she sponged her torso and stomach, cleaning her wounds.