spring

Definitions

1. 1intransitive verb

   To leap; to bound; to jump.

2. 2intransitive verb

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

3. 3intransitive verb

   To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.

4. 4intransitive verb

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

5. 5intransitive 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. 6intransitive 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. 7intransitive verb

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

8. 8intransitive verb

   To grow; to prosper.

9. 9transitive 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. 10transitive verb

    To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.

11. 11transitive verb

    To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine.

12. 12transitive verb

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

13. 13transitive verb

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

14. 14transitive 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. 15transitive verb

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

16. 16intransitive verb

    A leap; a bound; a jump.

17. 17intransitive verb

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

18. 18intransitive verb

    Elastic power or force.

19. 19intransitive 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. 20intransitive verb

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

21. 21intransitive verb

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

22. 22intransitive verb

    That which springs, or is originated, from a source

23. 23intransitive verb

    A race; lineage.

24. 24intransitive verb

    A youth; a springal.

25. 25intransitive verb

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

26. 26intransitive verb

    That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune.

27. 27intransitive 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. 28intransitive verb

    The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage.

29. 29intransitive verb

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

30. 30intransitive 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.

31. 31noun

    a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

    Synonyms

    bounceboundleapleapingsaltation
32. 32noun

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

    "the spring was broken"

33. 33noun

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

    Synonyms

    givespringiness
34. 34noun

    a point at which water issues forth

35. 35noun

    a natural flow of ground water

    Synonyms

    fountainoutflowoutpouring
36. 36noun

    the season of growth

    "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"

    "he will hold office until the spring of next year"

    Synonyms

    springtime
37. 37verb

    develop suddenly

    "The tire sprang a leak"

38. 38verb

    produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly

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

39. 39verb

    spring back; spring away from an impact

    "The rubber ball bounced"

    "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

    Synonyms

    bounceboundreboundrecoilresilereverberatericochet
40. 40verb

    move forward by leaps and bounds

    "The horse bounded across the meadow"

    "The child leapt across the puddle"

    Synonyms

    boundjumpleap
41. 41verb

    develop into a distinctive entity

    "our plans began to take shape"

    Synonyms

    form