Spongy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spongy \Spon"gy\ (sp[u^]n"j[y^]), a.
     1. Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable
        texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy
        cake; spongy bones.
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     2. Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
        "Spongy April." --Shak.
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     3. Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge.
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     {Spongy lead} (Chem.), sponge lead. See under {Sponge}.
  
     {Spongy platinum}. See under {Platinum}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spongy
       adj 1: resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and
              compressibility; "spongy bread" [syn: {squashy}, {squishy},
               {spongelike}]
       2: like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it
          back when compressed [syn: {spongelike}]
       [also: {spongiest}, {spongier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "spongy":
     absorbent, adsorbent, assimilative, baccate, bibulous, blotting,
     chemisorptive, chemosorptive, cribriform, digestive, doughy,
     edematous, endosmotic, exosmotic, flabby, fleshy, imbibitory,
     leachy, macerated, masticated, medullary, mushy, osmotic, pappy,
     pasty, percolating, pithy, porose, porous, pulpal, pulpar, pulped,
     pulplike, pulpy, puppy, quaggy, resorbent, sievelike, soaking,
     soft, sorbent, spongelike, spongeous, squashy, squelchy, squishy,
     succulent, thirsty, yielding