sponge
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7.0
- noun
- /spʌndʒ/
:
esponja
- And I was like a sponge for information all this time, much going on.
- a sponge for information
Their brains are like little sponges, absorbing your patterns of behaviour.
- Their brains are like little sponges, absorbing your patterns of behaviour.
- And I was like a sponge for information all this time, much going on.
- It's to learn, it's to absorb, to be a sponge, right?
- Yeah, the best listening device is you sponge.
- That's where my answers are like I'm literally just a sponge for knowledge that I find on the Internet.
- Because these kids are most vulnerable and above all, they're like sponges.
- And whatever I tell him, it's like he's like a sponge.
- I, I feel and I go through life like a sponge, absorbing things and then squeezing them out.
- In other words, sleep almost prepares your brain like a dry sponge ready to initially soak up those new pieces of information.
- So I yeah, I think inspiration is become a sponge.
- And then the third is Vashishta advaita, which is like a sponge.
Examples
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Like a sponge, Mrs. Dobie absorbed every word that fell from Annabelle's lips.
Fiction book (1990) -
Their brains are like little sponges absorbing your patterns of behavior.
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Work hard, be patient and be a sponge while learning your business.
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You know, her brain is like a little sponge right now.
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You got a mind like a sponge.
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Their minds would be like sponges for her lessons of beauty.
Fiction book (1995) -
I was a sponge and the happiest I had ever been professionally.
Academic text (2010) -
Children are information sponges and soak up what they need to understand, like the basics of their world or their language.
Academic text (2009) -
The healing agents in particular soak up nutrients like a sponge, leaving just enough for the body's other functions.
Fiction book (1991) -
In school, she was a sponge, eagerly soaking up every bit of knowledge from her teachers.
Synonyms
46
7.3
A person who learns new things quickly
11
3.3
A person who learns new things quickly and easily
A person who learns new things quickly
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Idioms
Compounds
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6.3
A natural pad of dried plant fibers from a luffa fruit used for washing skin or dishes
- Specialized
A sea animal with a skeleton of thin glass-like threads that lives on the ocean floor
- Specialized
A soft sponge in a fish tank that traps dirt and adds air while letting good bacteria grow
A climbing plant whose young fruits are edible and whose dried mature fruit makes a natural sponge
A light cake made from two sponge layers sandwiched with jam and usually cream
How Receptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sponge is used for a person who learns quickly by 'soaking up' facts, just like a cleaning sponge soaks up water. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a learner acting like a sponge and absorbing new ideas.