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Sopping up messes, in a way
Answer for the clue "Sopping up messes, in a way ", 8 letters:
sponging
Word definitions for sponging in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sponging may refer to: Begging tool use of sponges by bottlenose dolphins in Australia
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The application of a sponge. vb. (present participle of sponge English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sponge \Sponge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sponged (sp[u^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sponging (sp[u^]n"j[i^]ng).] To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters ...
Usage examples of sponging.
Should there be any fire or dirt pushed down, the sponging will be repeated.
Too much care cannot be used in sponging, as a premature explosion endangers life and limb.
He watched her that night, through a lead-tinged curtain of exhaustion: sponging off the bodies of the sick, holding the hands or heads of the dying.
His men were sponging out, ramming, and levering the guns back into their positions.