Definitions for spring
sprɪŋspring

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. spring, springtime(noun)

   the season of growth

   "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year"

2. spring(noun)

   a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed

   "the spring was broken"

3. spring, fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring(noun)

   a natural flow of ground water

4. spring(noun)

   a point at which water issues forth

5. give, spring, springiness(noun)

   the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

6. leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce(verb)

   a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

7. jump, leap, bound, spring(verb)

   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. form, take form, take shape, spring(verb)

   develop into a distinctive entity

   "our plans began to take shape"

9. bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet(verb)

   spring back; spring away from an impact

   "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

10. spring(verb)

    develop suddenly

    "The tire sprang a leak"

11. spring(verb)

    produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly

    "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. spring(Noun)

   Traditionally the first of the four seasons of the year in temperate regions, in which plants spring from the ground and trees come into blossom, following winter and preceding summer.

2. spring(Noun)

   Meteorologically, the months of March, April and May in the northern hemisphere (or September, October and November in the southern).

3. spring(Noun)

   The astronomically delineated period from the moment of vernal equinox, approximately March 21 in the northern hemisphere to the moment of the summer solstice, approximately June 21. (See for other variations.)

4. spring(Noun)

   Spring tide; a tide of greater-than-average range, that is, around the first or third quarter of a lunar month, or around the times of the new or full moon.

5. spring(Noun)

   A place where water emerges from the ground.

   This water is bottled from the spring of the river.

6. spring(Noun)

   The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc.

7. spring(Noun)

   A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force when it is bent, compressed or stretched.

   We jumped so hard the bed springs broke.

8. spring(Noun)

   A rope attaching the bow of a vessel to the stern-side of the jetty, or vice versa, to stop the vessel from surging.

   You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much.

9. spring(Noun)

   An erection of the penis.

10. spring(Verb)

    To jump or leap.

    He sprang up from his seat.

11. spring(Verb)

    To produce or disclose unexpectedly, especially of surprises, traps, etc.

12. spring(Verb)

    To release or set free, especially from prison.

13. spring(Noun)

    The source of an action

Origin: springen, from Old English springan, from springanan (compare springe, Dutch/German springen, Swedish springa), from spr̥g̑h (compare Lithuanian spreñgti ‘to push in’, Old Church Slavonic ‘to spin, stretch’, Ancient Greek ‘to hasten’, Sanskrit ‘is eager’).

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Spring(verb)

   to leap; to bound; to jump

2. Spring(verb)

   to issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot

3. Spring(verb)

   to start or rise suddenly, as from a covert

4. Spring(verb)

   to fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power

5. Spring(verb)

   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. Spring(verb)

   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. Spring(verb)

   to issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle

8. Spring(verb)

   to grow; to prosper

9. Spring(verb)

   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. Spring(verb)

    to produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly

11. Spring(verb)

    to cause to explode; as, to spring a mine

12. Spring(verb)

    to crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard

13. Spring(verb)

    to cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap

14. Spring(verb)

    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. Spring(verb)

    to pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence

16. Spring(verb)

    a leap; a bound; a jump

17. Spring(verb)

    a flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by elasticity; as, the spring of a bow

18. Spring(verb)

    elastic power or force

19. Spring(verb)

    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. Spring(verb)

    any source of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; as issue of water from the earth; a natural fountain

21. Spring(verb)

    any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive

22. Spring(verb)

    that which springs, or is originated, from a source;

23. Spring(verb)

    a race; lineage

24. Spring(verb)

    a youth; a springal

25. Spring(verb)

    a shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland

26. Spring(verb)

    that which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune

27. Spring(verb)

    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. Spring(verb)

    the time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage

29. Spring(verb)

    a crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely

30. Spring(verb)

    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

Origin: [AS. springan; akin to D. & G. springen, OS. & OHG. springan, Icel. & Sw. springa, Dan. springe; cf. Gr. spe`rchesqai to hasten. Cf. Springe, Sprinkle.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Spring

   Spring is one of the four conventional temperate seasons, following winter and preceding summer. There are various technical definitions of spring, but local usage of the term varies according to local climate, cultures and customs. When it is spring in the northern hemisphere, it will be autumn in the southern hemisphere. At the spring equinox, days are close to 12 hours long with day length increasing as the season progresses. Spring and "springtime" refer to the season, and also to ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection, and regrowth.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Spring

   spring, v.i. to bound: to leap: to rush hastily: to move suddenly by elastic force: to start up suddenly: to break forth: to appear: to issue: to come into existence: (B.) to rise, as the sun.—v.t. to cause to spring up: to start: to produce quickly, cause to act suddenly: to leap over: to explode, as a mine: to open, as a leak: to crack, as a mast: to bend by force, strain: (archit.) to start from an abutment, &c.: to set together with bevel-joints:—pa.t. sprang, sprung; pa.p. sprung.—n. a leap: a flying back with elastic force: elastic power: an elastic body: any active power: that by which action is produced: cause or origin: a source: an outflow of water from the earth: (B.) the dawn: the time when plants begin to spring up and grow, the vernal season—March, April, May: a starting of a plank in a vessel: a crack in a mast.—ns. Spring′al, Spring′ald, an active springy young man, a youth; Spring′-back, an inner false joint on a bound book, springing upward from the true or outer back when the book is opened flat; Spring′-bal′ance, an instrument for determining the weight of a body by the elasticity of a spiral spring; Spring′-beam, a beam of considerable span, without central support, the tie-beam of a truss; in a steamer, a fore-and-aft beam for connecting the two paddle-beams: an elastic bar at the top of a tilt-hammer, jig-saw, &c.; Spring′-beau′ty, the Claytonia Virginica; Spring′-bed, a mattress formed of spiral springs set in a wooden frame; Spring′-bee′tle, an elater; Spring′-board, a board fastened on elastic supports, used to spring from in performing feats of agility; Spring′bok, a beautiful South African antelope, larger than a roebuck [Dut.]; Spring′-box, a box or barrel in which a spring is coiled: the frame of a sofa, &c., in which the springs are set; Spring′-carr′iage, a wheel-carriage mounted on springs; Spring′-cart, a light cart mounted upon springs; Spring′er, a kind of dog of the spaniel class, useful for springing game in copses: one who springs: the bottom stone of an arch; Spring′-gun, a gun having wires connected with its trigger, and so fixed and planted as to be discharged when trespassers stumble against the wire; Spring′-halt, a jerking lameness in which a horse suddenly twitches up his leg or legs; Spring′-hamm′er, a machine-hammer in which the blow is delivered or augmented by the force of a spring; Spring′-head, a fountain-head, source: a head or end-piece for a carriage-spring.—adj. Spring′-head′ed (Spens.), having heads springing afresh.—ns. Spring′-heeled Jack, one supposed capable of leaping a great height or distance in carrying out mischievous or frolicsome tricks; Spring′-hook, an angler's snap-hook or spear-hook: a latch or door-hook with a spring-catch for keeping it fast in the staple: in a locomotive, a hook fixing the driving-wheel spring to the frame; Spring′-house, a house for keeping meat in, or a dairy, built for coolness over a spring or brook; Spring′iness;

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. SPRING

   Formerly a very delightful season but now obsolete except in poetry and the Old Farmer's Almanac.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'spring' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1878

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'spring' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2652

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'spring' in Nouns Frequency: #745

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'spring' in Verbs Frequency: #778

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of spring in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of spring in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of spring in a Sentence

1. Russian Proverb:

   A kind word is like a spring day.

2. Pliny the Elder:

   From the end spring new beginnings.

3. Henry Timrod:

   Spring is a true reconstructionist.

4. Bill Clinton:

   In the spring of 1971 I met a girl.

5. Katherine Whitehorn:

   Spring makes everything look filthy.

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