1 a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.
spons

2 a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.
spons

3 a sponge pudding or cake: “We had jam sponge for dessert.”
cake

4 an act of wiping etc with a sponge: “Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?”
afsponzing

1 to wipe or clean with a sponge: “She sponged the child's face.”
afsponzen

2 to get a living, money etc (from someone else): “He's been sponging off/on us for years.”
parasiteren

'sponger (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

a person who lives by sponging on others.
klaploper

'spongy (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

soft and springy or holding water like a sponge: “spongy ground.”
sponsachtig

'spongily (Bijwoord)

sponsachtig

'sponginess (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

sponsachtigheid

sponge cake

(a) very light cake or pudding made from flour, eggs and sugar etc.
cake
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the sponge	de klaploper (m) ; de parasiet (m) ; de profiteur (m) ; de spons (v) ; de uitvreter (m)
sponge	afsponzen ; spons ; sponsachtige neerslag ; sponsje

Bronnen: interglot; Wakefield genealogy pages; Download IATE, European Union, 2017.




EN: sponger

EN: give it a sponge NL: spons het even af
EN: throw up the sponge NL: z. gewonnen geven