spring

spring: [[t]sprɪ̱ŋ[/t]]
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springs, springing, sprang, sprung

1) N-VAR Spring is the season between winter and summer when the weather becomes warmer and plants start to grow again.

The Labor government of Western Australia has an election due next spring...

We met again in the spring of 1977.

2) N-COUNT A spring is a spiral of wire which returns to its original shape after it is pressed or pulled.

Unfortunately, as a standard mattress wears, the springs soften and so do not support your spine...

Both springs in the fuel pump were broken.

3) N-COUNT: usu pl A spring is a place where water comes up through the ground. It is also the water that comes from that place.

To the north are the hot springs of Banyas de Sant Loan.

4) VERB When a person or animal springs, they jump upwards or forwards suddenly or quickly.

[V prep] He sprang to his feet, grabbing his keys off the coffee table...

[V prep] Outside each door a guard sprang to attention as they approached...

[V prep] Throwing back the sheet, he sprang from the bed.

The lion roared once and sprang.

5) VERB If something springs in a particular direction, it moves suddenly and quickly.

[V adj] Sadly when the lid of the boot sprang open, it was empty.

6) VERB If things or people spring into action or spring to life, they suddenly start being active or suddenly come into existence.

[V prep] When she contacted me at the beginning of August to enlist support, Sharon and I sprang into action.

[V prep] ...new industries which had sprung into life during the 1920s.

7) VERB If one thing springs from another thing, it is the result of it.

[V from n] Ethiopia's art springs from her early Christian as well as her Muslim heritage...

[V from n] His anger sprang from his suffering at the loss of the most important love he had ever known in his life.

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8) VERB If a boat or container springs a leak, water or some other liquid starts coming in or out through a crack.

[V n] The yacht has sprung a leak in the hull.

9) VERB If you spring some news or a surprise on someone, you tell them something that they did not expect to hear, without warning them.

[V n] The two superpower leaders sprang a surprise at a ceremony in the White House yesterday by signing a trade deal...

[V n on n] Mclaren sprang a new idea on him.

10) spring to mind → see mind

Phrasal Verbs:

- spring up

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Synonyms:

Leap, bound, jump, vault, hop, Leap, bound, jump, vault, saltation, hop / Rise, start, come forth, Elasticity, resiliency, springiness, elastic force / Arise, proceed, issue, put forth, shoot forth make its appearance, emerge, Fountain, well, fountain-head, fount, head / Originate, emanate, flow, take its source have its origin, issue, arise, Source, original, origin, principle, cause / Rebound, fly back, recoil, Vernal season, spring-tide, spring-time / Warp, bend, become warped / Grow, thrive, wax / Issue with speed, move with activity

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Spring — Spring, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See {Spring}, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. [1913 Webster] The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spring — may refer to: * Spring (season), a season of the year * Spring (device), a mechanical part * Spring (hydrosphere), a natural source of waterArt* Spring (painting), an oil by Lawrence Alma Tadema * Spring , a painting by Christopher… … Wikipedia
Spring — (spr[i^]ng), v. t. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; as, to spring a surprise on… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spring — steht für: einen Bestandteil zahlreicher Ortsnamen in englischsprachigen Ländern, siehe Springfield (Ortsname), Spring Valley, Spring Hill oder Blue Spring eine Festmacherleine und die Springflut in der Seemannssprache Spring (Engine), ein Open… … Deutsch Wikipedia
spring — [spriŋ] vi. sprang or sprung, sprung, springing [ME springen < OE springan, akin to Du & Ger springen < IE * sprenĝh , to move quickly (< base * sper , to jerk) > Sans spṛhayati, (he) strives for] 1. to move suddenly and rapidly;… … English World dictionary
Șpring — Gespreng Spring Hilfe zu Wappen … Deutsch Wikipedia
SPRING — directs here, for other uses of the word, see Spring SPRING is GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment … Wikipedia
Spring — (spr[i^]ng), v. i. [imp. {Sprang} (spr[a^]ng) or {Sprung} (spr[u^]ng); p. p. {Sprung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Springing}.] [AS. springan; akin to D. & G. springen, OS. & OHG. springan, Icel. & Sw. springa, Dan. springe; cf. Gr. spe rchesqai to hasten.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spring — puede referirse a: Abreviatura científica del botánico Antoine Frédéric Spring 1814 1872. Spring Framework, un framework para desarrollo de aplicaciones Java. Spring, una banda británica de rock progresivo de los años 1970. Spring, único álbum de … Wikipedia Español
şpring — ŞPRING, şpringuri, s.n. (mar.) Parâmă folosită pentru a ancora o navă (1). – var. (după alte surse) spring. – Din engl. spring. Trimis de cata, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 şpring s. n., pl. şprínguri Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa … Dicționar Român
spring — ► VERB (past sprang or chiefly N. Amer. sprung; past part. sprung) 1) move suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards. 2) move suddenly by or as if by the action of a spring. 3) operate by or as if means of a spring mechanism: spring a trap. 4) (sp … English terms dictionary

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