sponged

verb

1. 1

   To take advantage of the kindness of others.

   “He has been sponging off his friends for a month now.”

2. 2

   To get by imposition; to scrounge.

   “to sponge a breakfast”

3. 3

   To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.

4. 4

   To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.

5. 5

   To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.

6. 6

   To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.

7. 7

   To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.