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1 sponge
1. noun1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) pintis2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) kempinė3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) biskvitas4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) šluostymas/valymas kempine/drėgnu rankšluosčiu ir pan.2. verb1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) šluostyti/plauti kempine/drėgnu rankšluosčiu ir pan.2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) melžti, būti išlaikytiniu•- sponger- spongy
- spongily
- sponginess
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2 mooch
[mu: ]( slang)1) (to wander about (as if) without any purpose: There are no places of entertainment here, so they just mooch around at night.) šlaistytis, trainiotis2) ((American) to get a drink, money etc by asking someone to give it to you without intending to return it; to sponge: He is always mooching cigarettes; She keeps mooching off her friends.) prašinėti, (nu)vilioti
См. также в других словарях:
sponge\ off — • sponge on • sponge off v. phr. To exploit parasitically; depend upon for support. He is already forty years old, but he refuses to go to work and sponges off his retired parents … Словарь американских идиом
sponge off — verb clean with a sponge, by rubbing (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑sponge down • Hypernyms: ↑rub • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * ˈsponge off [transitive] … Useful english dictionary
sponge off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms sponge off : present tense I/you/we/they sponge off he/she/it sponges off present participle sponging off past tense sponged off past participle sponged off informal sponge off someone to ask for money and… … English dictionary
sponge off someone — If you sponge off someone, you live at the expense of another person, accepting their hospitality without sharing the costs or doing something in return. Amy has been sponging off her grandparents for the past two months. She neither… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
sponge off — informal obtain money or food from others without giving anything in return. → sponge … English new terms dictionary
sponge off — v. live off somebody without paying for rent, food, or other costs … English slang
sponge off someone — in. to live off someone; to take advantage of someone by taking food and shelter from them without compensation. □ Go get a job! Stop sponging off me! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
ˈsponge off sb — phrasal verb informal to ask for money and other things from someone and not give anything back or pay for anything yourself … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
sponge\ on — • sponge on • sponge off v. phr. To exploit parasitically; depend upon for support. He is already forty years old, but he refuses to go to work and sponges off his retired parents … Словарь американских идиом
sponge — sponge1 [spʌndʒ] n [Date: 1000 1100; : Latin; Origin: spongia, from Greek] 1.) [U and C] a piece of a soft natural or artificial substance full of small holes, which can suck up liquid and is used for washing 2.) a simple sea creature from which… … Dictionary of contemporary English
sponge — 1 noun 1 (C, U) a piece of a soft natural or artificial substance full of small holes, which can suck up liquid and is used for washing: The physio ran onto the field with a wet sponge. 2 (C) a simple sea creature from which natural sponge is… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
