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spongy [ˈspʌndʒɪ] adj -gier, -giest
1. of or resembling a sponge, esp in texture, porosity, elasticity, or compressibility spongy bread spongy bone 2. of or like a sponge in respect of its capacity to absorb fluid and yield it when compressed spongily adv sponginess n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
spongy Translations spongy [ˈspʌndʒi] adj [ground] → spongieux/euse spongy spongy [ˈspʌndʒɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → spugnoso/a spongy [ˈspʌndʒɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → spugnoso/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Where ye are, there must always be dregs at hand, and much that is spongy, hollow, and compressed: it wanteth to have freedom. A little beyond the ruins about the smashed handling-machine I came upon the red weed again, and found the Regent's Canal, a spongy mass of dark-red vegetation. Then he went back to the carcass of the elephant, which had fallen only about a hundred feet from the edge of the forest; he next proceeded adroitly to cut off the trunk, which might have been two feet in diameter at the base; of this he selected the most delicate portion, and then took with it one of the animal's spongy feet. |
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