sponging 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

synonyms: wash, clean, wipe, swab, mop, rinse, sluice, swill

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/from, be a parasite on, beg from, live off, freeload on, cadge from, bum off, mooch off

verb

wash, clean, wipe, swab, mop, rinse, sluice, swill
scrounge off/from, be a parasite on, beg from, live off, freeload on, cadge from, bum off, mooch off
bum, grub, mooch, cadge

Use "sponging" in a sentence

1. 27 Clean the rug by sponging it gently.

2. D Avitaminosis causes the softening and sponging of bones in adults

3. 12 He spent his life grumbling about missed opportunities and sponging on his father for money.

4. Hang on (one's) Coattails To benefit from one's success, especially in a sponging or freeloading manner; to use one's success as a means to achieve your own

5. It seldom causes Chilliness, which is frequently a disturbing symptom, especially in fevers of a low type, and even, when the temperature is alarmingly high, causing the patient to dread the employment of sponging with cool or tepid water.

6. Anoplura Sucking lice Piercing-sucking, stylet sac absent Blattaria Cockroaches Chewing Variable Coleoptera Beetles Chewing 2 pair (1st pair = elytra) Collembola Springtails Chewing Apterous Dermaptera Earwigs Chewing 2 pair, front pair elytra, second membranous Diplura Diplurans Chewing lacking Diptera Flies Piercing-sucking, or sponging 1