Spray vs. Sponge

Spraynoun

A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.

‘The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.’;

Spongenoun

(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.

Spraynoun

A pressurized container; an atomizer.

Spongenoun

(countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).

Spraynoun

Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.

Spongenoun

(uncountable) A porous material such as sponges consist of.

Spraynoun

(medicine) A jet of fine medicated vapour, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.

Spongenoun

(informal) A heavy drinker.

Spraynoun

(metalworking) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.

Spongenoun

A type of light cake.

Spraynoun

(metalworking) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.

Spongenoun

A type of steamed pudding.

Spraynoun

(countable) A small branch of flowers or berries.

‘The bridesmaid carried a spray of lily-of-the-valley.’;

Spongenoun

(slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).

Spraynoun

(countable) A collective body of small branches.

‘The tree has a beautiful spray.’;

Spongenoun

(countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.

Spraynoun

(uncountable) Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.

Spongenoun

Any sponge-like substance.

Spraynoun

An orchard.

Spongenoun

(baking) 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.

Spraynoun

(countable) An ornament or design that resembles a branch.

Spongenoun

Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.

Sprayverb

(transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.

‘The firemen sprayed the house.’; ‘Using a water cannon, the national guard sprayed the protesters.’;

Spongenoun

Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.

Sprayverb

(ergative) To project in a dispersive manner.

‘Spray some ointment on that scratch.’; ‘The water sprayed out of the hose.’;

Spongenoun

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.

Sprayverb

To project many small items dispersively.

Spongenoun

The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.

Sprayverb

To urinate in order to mark territory.

Spongeverb

To take advantage of the kindness of others.

‘He has been sponging off his friends for a month now.’;

Sprayverb

To allocate blocks of memory from (a heap, etc.), and fill them with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.

‘to spray the heap of a target process’;

Spongeverb

To get by imposition; to scrounge.

‘to sponge a breakfast’;

Spraynoun

A small shoot or branch; a twig.

‘The painted birds, companions of the spring,Hopping from spray to spray, were heard to sing.’;

Spongeverb

(transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.

Spraynoun

A collective body of small branches, or cut flowers with long stems; as, the tree has a beautiful spray; many sprays were sent in condolence to teh funeral home.

‘And from the trees did lop the needless spray.’;

Spongeverb

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

Spraynoun

A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.

Spongeverb

To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.

Spraynoun

Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like.

Spongeverb

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

Spraynoun

A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.

Spongeverb

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

Sprayverb

To let fall in the form of spray.

Spongenoun

Any one of numerous species of Spongiæ, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiæ.

Sprayverb

To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid.

Spongenoun

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.

Spraynoun

a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying

Spongenoun

One who lives upon others; a pertinacious and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.

Spraynoun

a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine spray

Spongenoun

Any spongelike substance.

Spraynoun

a quantity of small objects flying through the air;

‘a spray of bullets’;

Spongenoun

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.

Spraynoun

flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage

Spongenoun

The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel.

Spraynoun

water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall

Spongeverb

To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth.

Spraynoun

a jet of vapor

Spongeverb

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

Sprayverb

be discharged in sprays of liquid;

‘Water sprayed all over the floor’;

Spongeverb

Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.

Sprayverb

scatter in a mass or jet of droplets;

‘spray water on someone’; ‘spray paint on the wall’;

Spongeverb

Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast.

Sprayverb

cover by spraying with a liquid;

‘spray the wall with paint’;

Spongeverb

To suck in, or imbibe, as a sponge.

Spongeverb

Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor.

‘The fly is an intruder, and a common smell-feast, that sponges upon other people's trenchers.’;

Spongeverb

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

Spongenoun

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

Spongenoun

someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily;

‘she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge’;

Spongenoun

a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

Spongenoun

primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

Spongeverb

wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten

Spongeverb

ask for and get free; be a parasite

Spongeverb

erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard

Spongeverb

soak up with a sponge

Spongeverb

gather sponges, in the ocean

Sponge

Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the Diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells.