mainspring
Webster Dictionary
the principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action
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leaf spring
(leaf&prim;let&sylnb;er,)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal.
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spring
Webster Dictionary
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
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jump
Webster Dictionary
to spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to Spring. to bound; to leap
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vernal
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to the Spring. appearing in the Spring. as, vernal bloom
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sprunt
Webster Dictionary
to spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward
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springlike
(springlike)
Princeton's WordNet
resembling a spring or the action of a spring
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spring
(bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet)
Princeton's WordNet
Spring.back; spring away from an impact
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bounce
(bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet)
Princeton's WordNet
Spring.back; spring away from an impact
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bound
(bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet)
Princeton's WordNet
Spring.back; spring away from an impact
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rebound
(bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet)
Princeton's WordNet
Spring.back; spring away from an impact
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take a hop
(bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet)
Princeton's WordNet
Spring.back; spring away from an impact
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recoil
(bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet)
Princeton's WordNet
Spring.back; spring away from an impact
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reverberate
(bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet)
Princeton's WordNet
Spring.back; spring away from an impact
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resile
(bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet)
Princeton's WordNet
Spring.back; spring away from an impact
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ricochet
(bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet)
Princeton's WordNet
Spring.back; spring away from an impact
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neaped
Webster Dictionary
left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped
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spring
Webster Dictionary
to cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a Spring. as, to spring a trap
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bolt
Webster Dictionary
a sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt
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elater
Webster Dictionary
any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward Spring. by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle
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fusee
Webster Dictionary
the cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring
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upspring
(ʌpˈsprɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to spring up.
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arise
(əˈrɪz ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to appear; spring up:
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spring
(ɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to cause to Spring.
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springtime
(ˈsprɪŋˌtaɪm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the season of Spring.
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vernal
(ˈvɜr nl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
appropriate to or suggesting Spring.
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prime
(ɪm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the spring of the year.
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jump
(ʒʌmp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to leap or spring over:
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spout
(ʊt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a spring of water.
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swell
(ɛl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to well up, as a spring or as tears.
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