obtain or accept money or food from other people without doing or intending to do anything in return
they found they could earn a perfectly good living by sponging off others
a primitive sedentary aquatic invertebrate with a soft porous body that is typically supported by a framework of fibres or calcareous or glassy spicules. Sponges draw in a current of water to extract nutrients and oxygen
a piece of a soft, light, porous absorbent substance originally consisting of the fibrous skeleton of an aquatic invertebrate but now usually made of synthetic material, used for washing and cleaning
a light cake made by beating eggs with sugar, flour, and usually butter or other fat
a chocolate sponge
the gateau is made with moist sponge