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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for spongy:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
spongy
    adj 1: easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft
           porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread" [syn:
           spongy, squashy, squishy, spongelike]
    2: like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it
       back when compressed [syn: spongy, spongelike]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]
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