sponge down
Wash with cloth
To sponge down is to wash someone or something with a wet sponge or cloth rather than immersing in water: The nurse sponged down the feverish patient.
The method cools the body or cleans surfaces that can't be submerged.
As a noun, a sponge-down is an instance of such washing.
- laveTo cleanse poetically
- mop upClean liquid from floor
- rubApply friction manually
- washClean using liquid
- wipeRub to clean
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