[{"word":"sponging","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To take advantage of the kindness of others.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He has been sponging off his friends for a month now."},{"definition":"To get by imposition; to scrounge.","synonyms":["blag"],"antonyms":[],"example":"to sponge a breakfast"},{"definition":"To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["blag"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The application of a sponge.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sponge","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sponging"]}]