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Definition of Sponge down
1. Verb. Clean with a sponge, by rubbing.
2. Verb. Wash with a sponge.
Definition of Sponge down
1. Verb. To clean with a sponge ¹
2. Noun. A quick clean of something with a sponge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sponge Down
Literary usage of Sponge down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Indiana State Medical Society by Indiana State Medical Society (1882)
"And I have seen assistants, instead of putting the sponge down and raising ...
The proper way is to put the sponge down, hold it there for a minute and then ..."
2. A Dictionary of Domestic Medicine: Giving a Description of Diseases by John Henry Clarke (1901)
"They may, if they prefer, continue the sponge- down, but they should substitute
tepid water for cold. Infants should be bathed in tepid water night and ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1914)
"The radial pressure of the rolls crushes this sponge down into a mass of distorted
trunks and branches, bent back and doubled on each other, and expels from ..."
4. A Present to Youths & Young Men ...: Printed for Private Circulation and by Edmund Shorthouse (1891)
"Alternately straightening each arm, sponge down them, then,—squeezing the Sponge
partially out,—pass it quickly down the spine, and back,—lastly,—over the ..."
5. A Present to Youths & Young Men ...: Printed for Private Circulation and by Edmund Shorthouse (1891)
"Sponge the face,—apply the sponge to the back of the neck, and ears,—but avoid
wetting your hair. Alternately straightening each arm, sponge down them, ..."
6. A Present to Youths & Young Men: Printed for Private Circulation, and by Edmund Shorthouse (1891)
"Alternately straightening each arm, sponge down them, then,—squeezing the Sponge
partially out,—pass it quickly down the spine, and back,—lastly,—over the ..."
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