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spongy: like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed; easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread"

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porous collapse: full of pores or vessels or holes; able to absorb fluids; "the partly porous walls of our digestive system"; "compacting the soil to make it less porous"

squishy collapse

adsorbent collapse: a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance; having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface

squelchy collapse

squashy collapse

bibulous collapse: given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol; "a bibulous fellow"; "a bibulous evening"; "his boozy drinking companions"; "thick boozy singing"; "a drunken binge"; "two drunken gentlemen holding each other up"; "sottish behavior"

pappy collapse

pulpy collapse: like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness

thirsty collapse: able to take in large quantities of moisture; "thirsty towels"; feeling a need or desire to drink; "after playing hard the children were thirsty"; needing moisture; "thirsty fields under a rainless sky"

fleshy collapse: usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it; of or relating to or resembling flesh

flabby collapse

doughy collapse: having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking; "the cake fell; it's a doughy mess"

mushy collapse: having the consistency of mush

pithy collapse: concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen

soaking collapse: extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet"

pliant collapse

succulent collapse: a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs

pasty collapse: (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers; small meat pie or turnover; resembling paste in color; pallid; "he looked pasty and red-eyed"; "a complexion that had been pastelike was now chalky white"

yielding collapse: tending to give in or surrender or agree; "too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington; lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure; "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber"; inclined to yield to argument or influence or control; "a timid yielding person"

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