SPONGED Synonyms

• United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)

• brought together in one place

• very drunk

• take up mentally

• become similar to one's environment

• make similar

• take (gas, light or heat) into a solution

• become similar in sound

• take in, also metaphorically

• take (gas, light or heat) into a solution

• take in liquids

• receive into the mind and retain

• cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors

• to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop

• make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip

• the act of rubbing or wiping

• rub with a circular motion

• ask for and get free; be a parasite

• obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling

• informal terms for a meal

• a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects

• ask for and get free; be a parasite

• search about busily

• carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

• draw blood

• someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

• ask for and get free; be a parasite

• an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host

• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

• primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

• primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

• a workman employed to collect sponges

• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

• someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily