SPONGE vs LEECH: NOUN
- A gauze pad used to absorb blood and other fluids, as in surgery or the dressing of a wound.
- A small absorbent contraceptive pad that contains a spermicide and is placed against the cervix of the uterus before sexual intercourse.
- Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- Any one of numerous species of Spongiæ, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under spongiæ.
- The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiæ (Keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
- The coral, or mass of eggs, under the abdomen of a crab.
- In the manège, the extremity or point of a horseshoe answering to the heel.
- One who persistently lives upon others; a sycophantic or cringing dependent; a hanger-on for the sake of maintenance; a parasite.
- Figuratively, one who or that which absorbs without discrimination, and as readily gives up, when subjected to pressure, that which has been absorbed.
- One who lives upon others; a pertinacious and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
- Any sponge-like substance.
- The fibrous framework of a colony of sponge-animalcules, from which the animalcules themselves have been washed out, and from which the gritty or sandy parts of the colony, if there were any, have been taken away. See skeleton, 1 .
- A fixed aquatic organism of a low order, various in form and texture, composed of an aggregate of amœbiform bodies disposed about a common cavity provided with one or more inhalent and exhalent orifices (ostioles and oscules), through which water pours in and out.
- Any absorbent material employed to take up the blood and other fluids in surgical operations.
- A person who drinks large amounts of alcohol.
- One who habitually depends on others for one's own maintenance.
- A light cake, such as sponge cake.
- A tool for cleaning a cannon after its discharge.
- A piece of the absorbent skeleton of certain of these organisms, or a piece of plastic or another material that is similar in absorbency, used for cleaning, bathing, and other purposes.
- Any of numerous aquatic, chiefly marine filter-feeding invertebrate animals of the phylum Porifera, characteristically having a porous skeleton composed of fibrous material or siliceous or calcareous spicules and often forming colonies attached to an underwater surface.
- A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
- 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
- A porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
- Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
- Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
- Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
- Dough that has been or is being leavened.
- Metal in a porous, brittle form, as after the removal of other metals in processing, used as a raw material in manufacturing.
- The border or edge at the side of a sail.
- A line attached to the leech ropes of sails, passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the leeches by.
- That part of the boltrope to which the side of a sail is sewed.
- A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
- Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species.
- A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum.
- An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- A person who derives profit from others, in a parasitic fashion.
- A healer.
- The vertical edge of a square sail.
- The aft edge of a triangular sail.
- A less powerful European leech (Hæmopis vorax), commonly attacking the membrane that lines the inside of the mouth and nostrils of animals that drink at pools where it lives.
- 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
- Any of various chiefly aquatic carnivorous or bloodsucking annelid worms of the class (or subclass) Hirudinea, of which one species (Hirudo medicinalis) was formerly widely used by physicians for therapeutic bloodletting.
- One that preys on or clings to another; a parasite.
- Either vertical edge of a square sail.
- The after edge of a fore-and-aft sail.
- A physician; a medical practitioner; a professor of the art of healing.
- Nautical, the perpendicular or sloping edge of a sail.
- See leach.
- An aquatic, more or less parasitic, and blood-sucking worm; a suctorial or discophorous annelid of the order Hirudinea.
- Figuratively, one who, as it were, sucks the blood or steals the substance of his victim, or persistently holds on for sordid gain.
- See 2d leach.
- A physician.
SPONGE vs LEECH: VERB
- Ask for and get free; be a parasite
- Erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- Soak up with a sponge
- Wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
- Gather sponges, in the ocean
- To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
- To drain (resources) without giving back.
- Draw blood
SPONGE vs LEECH: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven.
- Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on.
- To suck in, or imbibe, as a sponge.
- To obtain something such as food or money by relying on the generosity of others.
- To harvest sponges.
- To obtain free, as by begging or freeloading.
- To apply or daub with a sponge.
- To remove or absorb with a sponge or cloth.
- To moisten, wipe, or clean with a sponge or cloth.
- To attach oneself to another in the manner of a leech.
- To drain the essence or exhaust the resources of.
- To bleed with leeches.
SPONGE vs LEECH: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; ; to wet with a sponge.
- Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.
- Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost.
- See leach, v. t.
- To treat as a surgeon; to doctor.
- To bleed by the use of leeches.
SPONGE vs LEECH: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To live meanly at the expense of others; obtain money or other aid in a mean way: with on.
- To gather sponges where they grow; dive or dredge for sponges.
- In baking, to set a sponge for: as, to sponge bread.
- To drain; harass by extortion; squeeze; plunder.
- To gain by sycophantic or mean arts.
- To absorb; use a sponge, or act like a sponge, in absorbing: generally with up: as, to sponge up water that has been spilled.
- Specifically To dampen, as in cloth-manufacturing.
- To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; efface; remove with a sponge; destroy all traces of: with out, off, etc.
- To cleanse or wipe with a sponge: as, to sponge the body; to sponge a slate or a cannon.
- Ask for and get free
- Erase with a sponge
- As of words on a blackboard
- Be a parasite
- To apply leeches to, for the purpose of bleeding.
- To treat with medicaments; heal; doctor.
SPONGE vs LEECH: RELATED WORDS
- Parasitic, Compress, Pad, Mop, Towel, Loofah, Poriferan, Parazoan, Cadge, Mooch, Minion, Bum, Grub, Parasite, Leech
- Sucking, Leeches, Sanguisuge, Fall, Gatherer, Wilkinson, Tadpole, Freeloader, Phlebotomize, Hirudinean, Minion, Bloodsucker, Bleed, Parasite, Sponge
SPONGE vs LEECH: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Blot, Freeloader, Terry, Parasitic, Compress, Pad, Mop, Towel, Loofah, Poriferan, Parazoan, Minion, Bum, Parasite, Leech
- Sandworm, Wiggler, Woodlice, Sucking, Leeches, Sanguisuge, Fall, Wilkinson, Tadpole, Freeloader, Minion, Bloodsucker, Bleed, Parasite, Sponge
SPONGE vs LEECH: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- But if you soak the sponge in water and coat it with moisturizer, the sponge will absorb it.
- Red sticks a pen into a sponge like a fork and starts to eat the sponge.
- This is the sea sponge that Sponge Bob is modeled after.
- Grab a Sponge: Pressing with a sponge helps foundation absorb more easily.
- Callebaut Chocolate Sponge A classic, deliciously moist and perfectly trimmed dark chocolate sponge cake.
- Included with your sponge balls is a complete sponge ball routine.
- Wet sponge and then dry sponge the plate.
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- Done Sponge Scourer, Sponge Scouring Pad, Sponge Scourer, Kitchen Sponge Scourer Sponge Scouring Pads and so on.
- For merchants with tanks or is being leech.
- Melisandre use her leech and fire trick again?
- Leech worked, the testimony, and I think Mr.
- Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act.
- That is a recipe for murder: a big hungry leech will eat from a small hungry leech, and sometimes the biting can get fatal.
- The leech also secretes hirudin, an anticoagulant, into the wound, allowing the leech to suck as much blood as it can hold.
- Soul Leech and Improved Soul Leech will allow you to be full health and mana all the time.
- Multiple leech effects now stack, but the speed at which you leech has been reduced.
- Always keep Life Leech running which procs Zone of Gluttony for leech and damage.
- There is no leech god born from the leech child.
SPONGE vs LEECH: QUESTIONS
- What is Cacchi-Ricci disease (medullary sponge kidney)?
- Apakah tepid Water Sponge bisa menurunkan suhu tubuh?
- What are the characteristics of a carnivorous sponge?
- What are the characteristics of neoprene sponge sheet?
- Does tepid sponge affect changes in body temperature?
- How do you stop a sponge from sticking to the sponge?
- How do you make a sponge ball out of sponge strips?
- How can I help my child learn about sponge sponge experiment?
- How do you make a sponge sponge with aluminum foil?
- What sensory activities can you do with a sponge sponge?
- Berapa banyak tuturan yang mematuhi prinsip kesantunan berbahasa Menurut Leech?
- Where do I send my employment application to Leech Lake?
- How does the noun Leech differ from other similar words?
- Is Paul Gascoigne living with glamorous single mum Wendy Leech?
- How much mana Leech for Immortal King sorceress armor?
- What happened to Monica Lewinsky's husband Floyd Leech?
- What is the point of politeness According to leech?
- What are the disadvantages of being a leech collector?
- What kind of reproductive system does a leech have?
- What do the Life Leech and Mana Leech Keystone passives do?