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Sponge
- noun - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- soak up with a sponge
- someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge"
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
Spongy
- adjective - easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread"
- like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
Stodge
- noun - heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food
Stodgy
- adjective - (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; "moss-grown ideas about family life"
- excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull; "why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party"
- heavy and starchy and hard to digest; "stodgy food"; "a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full"
Stooge
- noun - a person of unquestioning obedience
- a victim of ridicule or pranks
- act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner; "He stooged for the flamboyant Senator"
- act as the stooge; "His role was to stooge for the popular comedian"
- cruise in slow or routine flights
Storge
- - Parental affection; the instinctive affection which animals have for their young.
Swough
- - A sound; a groan; a moan; a sough.
Thongs
- noun - a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe
- a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband
- underpants resembling a G-string; worn by women especially under very tight pants; "she wore thongs in her quest for the callipygian ideal"
Though
- adverb - (postpositive) however; "it might be unpleasant, though"
Trough
- noun - a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
- a concave shape with an open top
- a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
- a long narrow shallow receptacle
- a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
- a treasury for government funds