spring in English dictionary

  • spring

    Meanings and definitions of "spring"

    • To start to exist.
    • To jump or leap.
    • (slang) To release or set free, especially from prison.
    • (countable) 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.
    • (countable) Meteorologically, the months of March, April and May in the northern hemisphere (or September, October and November in the southern).
    • (countable) The astronomically delineated period from the moment of vernal equinox, approximately March 20 in the northern hemisphere to the moment of the summer solstice, approximately June 21. (See 15px Spring (season) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Spring (season) for other variations.)
    • (countable) 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.
    • (countable) A place where water emerges from the ground.
    • (uncountable) The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc.
    • (countable) A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force when it is bent, compressed or stretched.
    • (countable, nautical) A rope attaching the bow of a vessel to the stern-side of the jetty, or vice versa, to stop the vessel from surging.
    • (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
    • (countable) The source of an action
    • noun
      A leap; a bound; a jump.
    • noun
      (countable)
      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.
    • noun
      (countable)
      Meteorologically, the months of March, April and May in the northern hemisphere or September, October and November in the southern.
    • noun
      (countable)
      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 15px Spring (season) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for other variations.)
    • noun
      (countable)
      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.
    • noun
      (countable)
      A place where water emerges from the ground.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc.
    • noun
      Elastic power or force.
    • noun
      (countable)
      A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force when it is bent, compressed or stretched.
    • noun
      (countable, slang)
      An erection of the penis.
    • noun
      (countable)
      The source of an action or of a supply.
    • noun
      Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.
    • noun
      That which springs, or is originated, from a source.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune.
    • noun
      The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage.
    • noun
      (countable, nautical)
      A rope attaching the bow of a vessel to the stern-side of the jetty, or vice versa, to stop the vessel from surging.
    • noun
      (nautical)
      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.
    • noun
      (nautical)
      A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely.
    • verb
      To jump or leap.
    • verb
      To pass over by leaping.
    • verb
      To produce or disclose unexpectedly, especially of surprises, traps, etc.
    • verb
      (slang)
      To release or set free, especially from prison.
    • verb
      To come into being, often quickly or sharply.
    • verb
      To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.
    • verb
      To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert.
    • verb
      (nautical)
      To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken.
    • 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.
    • verb
      To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
    • verb
      To fly back.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped.
    • verb
      To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge, like a plant from its seed, a stream from its source, etc.; often followed by up, forth, or out.
    • verb
      To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.
    • verb
      (obsolete)
      To grow; to prosper.
    • verb
      (architecture, masonry, transitive)
      To build (an arch).
    • verb
      (transitive, archaic)
      To sound (a rattle, such as a watchman's rattle).
    • start to exist
    • jump or leap
    • season
    • higher-than-average tide
    • water source
    • property of a body of springing to its original form
    • device made of flexible material
    • rope on a boat
    • source of an action
    • A place where ground water flows naturally from a rock or the soil onto the land surface or into a body of surface water.
    • A mechanical device made of flexible material that exerts force when it is bent.
    • spring (e.g. coil, leaf)
    • body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.)
    • third month of the lunar calendar
    • Traditionally the first of the four seasons, the season of growth with an ever increasing amount of daytime.
    • To spring away from an impact.
    • noun
      a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
    • noun
      a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed; "the spring was broken"
    • noun
      a natural flow of ground water
    • noun
      a point at which water issues forth
    • noun
      (nautical) a line stretched longways between a docked vessel and a cleat on the pier, or used during berthing to guide the vessel into its slip.
    • noun
      the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
    • noun
      the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year"
    • verb
      develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape"
    • verb
      develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak"
    • 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?"
    • verb
      produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving"
    • verb
      spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

    Synonyms of "spring" in English dictionary

    form, natural spring, get are the top synonyms of "spring" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of spring

    • lm  liczba mnoga springs spring, sprang ( amer.  amerykański angielski sprung), sprung; he ~s; be ~ing nieodm.  nieodmienny
    • spring ( third-person singular simple present springs, present participle springing, simple past sprang or sprung, past participle sprung)
    • File:Coil spring.JPG A coil spring (mechanical device) spring ( countable and uncountable;  plural  springs)
    • spring (countable and uncountable, plural springs)
    • spring (third-person singular simple present springs, present participle springing, simple past sprang or sprung, past participle sprung)
  • Spring

    Meanings and definitions of "spring"

    • proper
      A surname.
    • proper
      Spring, the season of warmth and new vegetation following winter

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