|to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.| |to run
away hurriedly; flee.| |1.||any multicellular typically marine
animal of the phylum Porifera, usually occurring in complex
sessile colonies in which the porous body is supported by a
fibrous, calcareous, or siliceous skeletal framework| |2.||See
also spongin a piece of the light porous highly absorbent
elastic skeleton of certain sponges, used in bathing, cleaning,
etc| |3.||any of a number of light porous elastic materials
resembling a sponge| |4.||another word for sponger|
|5.||informal a person who indulges in heavy drinking|
|6.||leavened dough, esp before kneading| |7.||See sponge cake|
|8.||(Brit) Also called: sponge pudding a light steamed or baked
pudding, spongy in texture, made with various flavourings or
fruit| |9.||porous metal produced by electrolysis or by reducing
a metal compound without fusion or sintering and capable of
absorbing large quantities of gas: platinum sponge| |10.||a rub
with a sponge| |11.||throw in the sponge See thr