spring
/spriɳ/
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Definition
Noun:
- A season: The season between winter and summer, characterized by new growth and warmer weather.
- A source of water: A place where water flows naturally from the ground.
- A coil or device: An elastic device, typically a coil of metal, that returns to its original shape after being compressed or stretched.
- A leap or jump: A sudden, light, upward or forward movement.
- Elastic quality: The ability of something to return to its original shape after being stretched or compressed.
Verb:
- To move suddenly: To jump or move quickly and energetically, often upward or forward.
- To originate or appear: To come into existence or appear suddenly.
- To cause to operate: To cause a trap or mechanism to be triggered or released.
- To develop a leak: To crack or split, causing a leak (e.g., a container or pipe).
- To provide the means for release: To secure the release of someone from confinement (informal, e.g., from jail).
Usage Examples
Noun:
- I love the flowers that bloom in the spring.
- We drank fresh water from the mountain spring.
- The spring in the mattress is broken.
- The cat made a quick spring to catch the mouse.
Verb:
- The cat will spring onto the counter when no one is looking.
- New businesses spring up in the city every year.
- The trap will spring shut when the animal touches the trigger.
- The old pipe sprang a leak.
- His friends pooled their money to spring him from jail.
Advanced Usage
- "to spring to mind": to be thought of immediately.
- When I think of a great leader, her name springs to mind.
- "to spring for something": to pay for something, often as a treat (informal).
- He sprang for dinner to celebrate.
- "to spring from": to originate from a source.
- His kindness springs from a generous heart.
Variants and Related Words
- Springy (adjective): Elastic or bouncy.
- The springy floor was perfect for gymnastics.
- Springboard (noun): A flexible board used for jumping; something that provides an initial impetus.
- The internship served as a springboard for her career.
- Offspring (noun): The young of an animal; a person's child or children.
- The lioness protected her offspring.
Synonyms
- Noun (season): Springtime.
- Noun (source): Fountain, wellhead.
- Verb (jump): Leap, bound, vault.
- Verb (originate): Arise, emerge, stem.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Spring back: To return quickly to an original shape or position.
- The branch bent but sprang back when released.
- Spring on: To present something suddenly or unexpectedly to someone.
- He sprang the bad news on me just before the meeting.
- Spring up: To appear or develop quickly.
- Tents sprang up all over the field for the festival.
Related Idioms
- "No spring chicken": Not young anymore.
- He can still run fast, but he's no spring chicken.
- "Spring into action": To start doing something quickly and energetically.
- The team sprang into action as soon as the alarm sounded.
- "Hope springs eternal": People will always continue to hope.
- Even after many rejections, for writers, hope springs eternal.
Noun
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- a point at which water issues forth
- a natural flow of ground water
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- the spring was broken
- the season of growth
- the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring
- he will hold office until the spring of next year
Verb
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
- He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving
- develop suddenly
- The tire sprang a leak
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- The rubber ball bounced
- These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
- develop into a distinctive entity
- our plans began to take shape
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- The horse bounded across the meadow
- The child leapt across the puddle
- Can you jump over the fence?