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Definition of 'spring'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) spring
to rise, leap, or move suddenly and swiftly:
a tiger about to spring.

2.  spring
to be released suddenly from a constrained position:
The door sprang open.

3.  spring
to issue forth suddenly or forcefully:
Oil sprang from the well.

4.  spring
to come into being; arise:
Industries sprang up in the suburbs.

5.  spring
to have as one's birth or lineage:
to spring from seafaring folk.

6.  spring
to extend upward.

7.  spring
to take an upward course or curve from a point of support, as an arch.

8.  spring
to occur suddenly:
An objection sprang to mind.

9.  spring
to become bent or warped.

10. (v.t.) spring
to cause to spring.

11.  spring
to cause the sudden operation of:
to spring a trap.

12.  spring
to cause to work loose, warp, or split:
Moisture sprang the board from the fence.

13.  spring
to undergo the development of:
sprang a leak.

14.  spring
to bend by force.

15.  spring
to produce by surprise:
to spring a joke.

16.  spring
to leap over.

17.  spring
Slang. to secure the release of from confinement.

18.  spring
Informal. to pay for; treat someone to.

19. (n.) spring
an act of springing; a sudden leap or bound.

20.  spring
an elastic quality:
a spring in his walk.

21.  spring
a structural defect caused by a warp or crack.

22.  spring
an issue of water from the ground.

23.  spring
the place of such an issue:
mineral springs.

24.  spring
a source; fountainhead:
a spring of inspiration.

25.  spring
an elastic contrivance or body, as a strip or wire of steel coiled spirally, that recovers its shape after being compressed, bent, or stretched.

26.  spring
the season between winter and summer, marked by the budding and growth of plants and the onset of warmer weather: in the Northern Hemisphere from the March equinox to the June solstice; in the Southern Hemisphere from the September equinox to the December solstice.

27.  spring
the first stage and freshest period:
the spring of life.

28.  spring
the point at which an arch or dome rises from its support.

29.  spring
the rise or the angle of the rise of an arch.

Etymology: (bef. 900; OE springan, c. OFris springa, OS, OHG

Definition of 'spring'

Princeton's 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"

Definition of 'spring'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) spring
the season after winter when plants begin to grow again
We went to France last spring.; when it warms up in spring

2.  spring
a piece of stiff, coiled wire
mattress springs; tiny springs that make the watch work

3.  spring
a source of water underground
The lake is fed by springs.

4. (verb) spring
to jump, move, or bounce quickly
The rabbit sprang into the bushes.; She sprang to her feet to greet us.; A branch sprang back and hit me in the face.

5.  spring
to happen or appear suddenly
Tiny green blades of grass sprang out of the ground.; the new tourist industry springing up in the region

6.  spring
to do quickly or with energy
Her husband sprang to her defense.; Tears sprang to my eyes.

Definition of 'spring'

Webster 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

Translation of 'spring'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to jump, leap or move swiftly (usually upwards) She sprang into the boat.
Afrikaans: spring	Arabic: يَقْفِز	Bulgarian: скачам
Brazilian: saltar	Czech: skočit	German: springen
Danish: springe; hoppe	Greek: πηδώ, (ξε)πετάγομαι, τινά	Estonian: hüppama
Farsi: پريدن	Finnish: hypätä	French: sauter, bondir
Hebrew: לִקפוֹץ	Hindi: उछलना	Croatian: skočiti
Hungarian: ugrik	Indonesian: melompat	Icelandic: stökkva
Italian: saltare, balzare	Japanese: 跳ぶ	Korean: 껑충 뛰다
Lithuanian: šok(inė)ti	Latvian: lēkt	Malay: melompat
Dutch: springen	Norwegian: hoppe, springe	Polish: skoczyć
Portuguese: saltar	Romanian: a sări, a sălta	Russian: прыгать
Slovak: skočiť	Slovenian: skočiti	Serbian: skočiti
Swedish: hoppa	Thai: กระโดดขึ้น	Turkish: atlamak, sıçramak
Taiwanese: 跳躍	Ukrainian: стрибати, підскакувати	Urdu: اپنی جگہ سے اچھلنا
Vietnamese: nhảy	Chinese: 跳，跳跃
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