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Meaning
Verb
●
To
burst
forth.
To
gush
, to
flow
suddenly
and violently.
To
gush
, to
flow
out of
the ground.
To
appear
, to dawn.
To
sprout
, to grow,
To
grow
taller
or longer.
To come
dramatically
into view.
to
arise
, to
come into
existence.
to
move
with great
speed
and energy; to
leap
, to
jump
; to
dart
, to
sprint
; of people: to
rise
rapidly
from a
seat
,
bed
, etc.
To
be born
,
descend
, or
originate
from
To
rise
in social
position
or
military rank
, to be promoted.
To become known, to spread.
To
emit
, to spread.
●
In Hunting:
To
burst
forth.
To
rise
from cover.
●
In Philosophy & Religion:
To
burst
forth.
to
descend
or
originate
from.
●
To grow.
●
To cause to
burst
forth.
To cause to
well up
or
flow
out of
the ground.
To
bring
forth.
To
bring forth
.;permit to
bring forth
new
shoots
,
leaves
, etc.
To cause to become known, to
tell
of.
To
breed
with, to impregnate.
To cause to work or
open
by
sudden
application
of pressure.
To
bring
forth.;permit to
bring forth
new
shoots
,
leaves
, etc.
●
In Equestrianism:
To cause to
burst
forth.
To cause to
move
energetically
; (equestrianism) to cause to
gallop
, to spur.
●
In Hunting:
To cause to
burst
forth.
To cause to
rise
from cover.
●
In Military:
To cause to
burst
forth.
To
shift
quickly
from one
designated
position
to another.
●
To make
wet
, to moisten.
●
To
rise
suddenly
, (of
tears
) to well up.
●
To
burst into
pieces
, to
explode
, to shatter.
●
In Military:
to go
off.
●
In Military:
To cause to
explode
, to
set off
, to detonate.
●
In Nautical:
To crack.
●
In Nautical:
To have something crack.
●
In Nautical:
To cause to crack.
●
To
surprise
by
sudden
or
deft
action.
To
come upon
and
flush
out
To
begin
something.
To
produce
, provide, or place an
item
unexpectedly.
To
put
bad money
into circulation.
To
tell
, to share.
To
announce
unexpectedly
, to reveal.
To be
free
of
imprisonment
, especially by
illegal
escape.
●
In Australian English:
To
surprise
by
sudden
or
deft
action.
to
catch
in an
illegal
act
or
compromising
position.
●
In American English:
To
surprise
by
sudden
or
deft
action.
To
free
from
imprisonment
, especially by
facilitating
an
illegal
escape.
●
In Architecture:
To
build
, to form the
initial
curve
of.
●
In Architecture:
To
extend
, to curve.
●
In Nautical:
To
turn
a
vessel
using a
spring
attached
to its
anchor
cable.
●
In Nautical:
To
raise
a vessel's sheer.
●
To
raise
a last's toe.
●
To
pay
or
spend
a certain
sum
, to
cough
up.
●
To
raise
an
offered
price.
●
In American English:
Alternative form of sprain.
●
In American English:
Alternative form of strain.
●
To
act
as a
spring
: to
strongly
rebound.
●
In Vehicles:
To
equip
with
springs
, especially (of
vehicles
) to
equip
with a suspension.
●
To provide
spring
or elasticity
●
to
inspire
, to motivate.
●
To
deform
owing to
excessive
pressure
, to become
warped
; to
intentionally
deform
in order to
position
and then
straighten
in place.
●
To
reach
maturity
, to be
fully
grown.
●
In British English:
To
swell
with
milk
or pregnancy.
●
To
sound
, to play.
●
To
spend
the
springtime
somewhere
to find or get enough food during springtime.
Noun
●
An
act
of
springing
: a
leap
, a jump.
●
In Astronomy:
The
season
of the year in
temperate
regions
in which
plants
spring
from the
ground
and into
bloom
and
dormant
animals
spring
to life.
The
period
from the
moment
of
vernal equinox
(around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the
moment
of the
summer solstice
(around June 21); the
equivalent
periods
reckoned
in other
cultures
and calendars.
●
In Meteorology:
The
season
of the year in
temperate
regions
in which
plants
spring
from the
ground
and into
bloom
and
dormant
animals
spring
to life.
The three
months
of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
●
The
season
of the year in
temperate
regions
in which
plants
spring
from the
ground
and into
bloom
and
dormant
animals
spring
to life.
●
The time of
something's
growth; the early
stages
of some process.
●
In Politics:
The time of
something's
growth; the early
stages
of some process.
a
period
of political
liberalization
and democratization
●
In Fashion:
Someone with
ivory
or
peach
skin
tone
and
eyes
and
hair
that are not
extremely
dark
, seen as best
suited
to certain
colors
of clothing.
●
In Geology:
Something which
springs
,
springs
forth,
springs up
, or
springs back
, particularly
A
spray
or
body of water
springing
from the ground.
●
In Oceanography:
Something which
springs
,
springs
forth,
springs up
, or
springs back
, particularly
The
rising
of the
sea
at high tide.
Short for
spring tide
, the especially
high tide
shortly
after
full
and new moons.
●
Something which
springs
,
springs
forth,
springs up
, or
springs back
, particularly
A
mechanical
device
made of
flexible
or
coiled
material
that
exerts
force
and
attempts
to
spring back
when
bent
,
compressed
, or stretched.
A
race
, a lineage.
A youth.
A
shoot
, a
young
tree.
A
grove
of
trees
; a forest.
●
In Nautical:
Something which
springs
,
springs
forth,
springs up
, or
springs back
, particularly
A
line
from a vessel's end or
side
to its
anchor
cable
used to
diminish
or control its movement.
A
line
laid out
from a
vessel
's end to the
opposite
end of
an
adjacent
vessel
or
mooring
to
diminish
or control its movement.
●
An
erection
of the penis.
●
In Nautical:
A
crack
which has
sprung up
in a
mast
,
spar
, or (rare) a
plank
or seam.
●
Springiness: an
attribute
or quality of
springing
,
springing up
, or
springing back
, particularly
Elasticity: the
property
of a body
springing back
to its
original
form after
compression
,
stretching
, etc.
Elastic energy, power, or force.
●
The
source
from which an
action
or supply of something springs.
●
Something which
causes
others or another to
spring
forth or
spring into action
, particularly
A cause, a
motive
, etc.
A
lively
piece
of music.
Adj
●
the
season
of
warmth
and new
vegetation
following
winter
Name
●
A surname.
●
Alternative form of
spring
, the
season
of
warmth
and new
vegetation
following
winter
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
spring
English
springen
Middle English (1100-1500)
springan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Arise
Form
Bound
Jump
Leap
Free
Release
Jailbreak
Springtime
Fount
Source
Coil
Bounce
Bounciness
Elasticity
Resilience
Springiness
Impetus
Impulse
Beginning
Spring
Upspring
Take Shape
Let Out
Come Into Being
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Antonyms
Autumn
Neap Tide
Related
Autumn
Fall
Flower
Season
Bolt
Weekend
Wind
Pull
Summer
Summertime
Morning
Slide
Pipe
Shaft
September
Coil
Turn
Winter
Originate
Come
Lever
Piston
Emerge
Sprout
Equinox
Stem
October
Wire
Bloom
Rod
Stretch
Wheel
Screw
Hatch
Move
Damper
Pendulum
Cone
Rain
Cylinder
Burst
Barrel
Motor
Ball
Push
Slip
Emanate
Actuator
Pole
Break
Patch
Belt
Air
Valve
Rainy Season
Shock Absorber
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Rhymes
Ming
Bing
Ring
Ling
Ding
Sing
King
Zing
Ying
Ping
Qing
Ting
Wing
Being
Bling
Ching
Fling
Cling
Bring
Sting
Awing
Thing
Swing
Wring
Icing
Thing
Sling
Tring
Pling
Bering
Aswing
Spring
String
Peking
Singing
Sibling
Beijing
Yngling
Nothing
Kerching
Thinking
Badelynge
Submitting
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