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Definitions of 'Spring' Wordnet 

1. (noun) spring, springtime
the season of growth
"the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year"

2. (noun) spring
a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
"the spring was broken"

3. (noun) spring, fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring
a natural flow of ground water

4. (noun) spring
a point at which water issues forth

5. (noun) give, spring, springiness
the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

6. (verb) leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

7. (verb) jump, leap, bound, spring
move forward by leaps and bounds
"The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

8. (verb) form, take form, take shape, spring
develop into a distinctive entity
"our plans began to take shape"

9. (verb) bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
spring back; spring away from an impact
"The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

10. (verb) spring
develop suddenly
"The tire sprang a leak"

11. (verb) spring
produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
"He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving"


Definitions of 'Spring' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (verb) Spring
to leap; to bound; to jump

2. (verb) Spring
to issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot

3. (verb) Spring
to start or rise suddenly, as from a covert

4. (verb) Spring
to fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power

5. (verb) Spring
to bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning

6. (verb) Spring
to shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; -often followed by up, forth, or out

7. (verb) Spring
to issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle

8. (verb) Spring
to grow; to prosper

9. (verb) Spring
to cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a pheasant

10. (verb) Spring
to produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly

11. (verb) Spring
to cause to explode; as, to spring a mine

12. (verb) Spring
to crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard

13. (verb) Spring
to cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap

14. (verb) Spring
to bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar

15. (verb) Spring
to pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence

16. (verb) Spring
a leap; a bound; a jump

17. (verb) Spring
a flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by elasticity; as, the spring of a bow

18. (verb) Spring
elastic power or force

19. (verb) Spring
an elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force

20. (verb) Spring
any source of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; as issue of water from the earth; a natural fountain

21. (verb) Spring
any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive

22. (verb) Spring
that which springs, or is originated, from a source;

23. (verb) Spring
a race; lineage

24. (verb) Spring
a youth; a springal

25. (verb) Spring
a shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland

26. (verb) Spring
that which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune

27. (verb) Spring
the season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator

28. (verb) Spring
the time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage

29. (verb) Spring
a crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely

30. (verb) Spring
a line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored


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