éponger — meaning in English

English meaning

• absorb verb To soak up a liquid, gas, or other substance.
• soak verb To leave something in liquid until it becomes thoroughly wet.
• sponge noun A simple sea creature with a soft, porous skeleton, or the absorbent material made from it (or a synthetic equivalent) used for washing.

Senses

éponger is used for these senses in English:

• absorb (transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.]
• soak (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
• sponge To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.

absorb — full definition

1. verb To soak up a liquid, gas, or other substance.
2. verb To take in and reduce the force of an impact, sound, or shock.
3. verb To fully occupy someone's attention or interest.
4. verb To take on a cost so that others don't have to pay it.

soak — full definition

1. verb To leave something in liquid until it becomes thoroughly wet.
2. verb Informal: to charge someone an excessive amount of money.
3. noun A period of being immersed in liquid.

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