spring
noun
1. the season of growth
- the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring
- he will hold office until the spring of next year
Similar word(s): springtime
Definition categories: time, season
2. a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- the spring was broken
Definition categories: man–made
3. a natural flow of ground water
Similar word(s): fountain, outflow, outpouring
Definition categories: object, formation
4. a point at which water issues forth
Definition categories: location, beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
5. the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
Similar word(s): give, springiness
Definition categories: attribute, elasticity, snap
6. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
Similar word(s): bounce, bound, leap, leaping, saltation
Definition categories: act, jump, jumping
Sentences with spring as a noun:
- Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.
- I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.
- You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.
- This water is bottled from the spring of the river.
- the spring of a bow
- We jumped so hard the bed springs broke.
- You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much.
verb
1. move forward by leaps and bounds
Similar word(s): bound, jump, leap
Definition categories: motion, move
2. develop into a distinctive entity
Similar word(s): form
Definition categories: stative, become
3. spring back; spring away from an impact
Similar word(s): bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet
Definition categories: motion, bound, jump, leap, spring
4. develop suddenly
Definition categories: body, acquire, develop, get, grow, produce
5. produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
Definition categories: communication, break, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, reveal, uncover, unwrap
Sentences with spring as a verb:
- to spring over a fence (in this sense, the verb spring must be accompanied by the preposition 'over'.)
- Trees are already springing up in the plantation.
- to spring a pheasant
- to spring a mast or a yard
- to spring in a slat or a bar
- A bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power.
- A piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning.