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Spring   /sprɪŋ/  /spərˈɪŋ/   Listen
Spring

noun
1.
The season of growth.  Synonym: springtime.  "He will hold office until the spring of next year"
2.
A metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed.
3.
A natural flow of ground water.  Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outflow, outpouring.
4.
A point at which water issues forth.
5.
The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length.  Synonyms: give, springiness.
6.
A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards.  Synonyms: bounce, bound, leap, leaping, saltation.
verb
(past sprang; past part. sprung; pres. part. springing)
1.
Move forward by leaps and bounds.  Synonyms: bound, jump, leap.  "The child leapt across the puddle" , "Can you jump over the fence?"
2.
Develop into a distinctive entity.  Synonyms: form, take form, take shape.
3.
Spring back; spring away from an impact.  Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, take a hop.  "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
4.
Develop suddenly.
5.
Produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.



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"Spring" Quotes from Famous Books



... spring of 1888, I was in Washington, where measures of proscription were then being prepared against our people; and, early in the morning, as I walked up Massachusetts Avenue, I saw Joseph F. Smith approaching me. For several years he had been "on the underground" under the name of "Joseph Mack"—now ...
— Under the Prophet in Utah - The National Menace of a Political Priestcraft • Frank J. Cannon and Harvey J. O'Higgins
... with the results of this expedition undertaken inconsiderately and with inadequate means, that he immediately (in the winter of 699-700) ordered a transport fleet of 800 sail to be fitted out, and in the spring of 700 sailed a second time for the Kentish coast, on this occasion with five legions and 2000 cavalry. The forces of the Britons, assembled this time also on the shore, retired before the mighty armada ...
— The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) • Theodor Mommsen
... fine spring weather has arrived, every plant which inhabits a pot should be brought at once under review, and put in proper condition for the growing season. No fear need then be apprehended from potting. Keep up a moist atmosphere ...
— In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year • William Keane
... send me back." The face that met his was supplicating; the eyes were bluer than a spring day. He patted ...
— The Iron Trail • Rex Beach
... she had, as a matter of course, a relapse of her complaint regularly every year, soon after the spring equinox and autumn solstice. But she had, during the last autumn, also found her grandmother Chia in such buoyant spirits, that she had walked a little too much on two distinct occasions, and naturally fatigued ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin


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