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SPONGE ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sponge on mean? 

SPONGE ON (verb)
  The verb SPONGE ON has 1 sense:

1. apply with a spongeplay

  Familiarity information: SPONGE ON used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPONGE ON (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Apply with a sponge

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The painter sponged on his washes

Hypernyms (to "sponge on" is one way to...):

apply; put on (apply to a surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


 Context examples 


I returned, sought the sponge on the washstand, the salts in my drawer, and once more retraced my steps.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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