spring

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noun

1 season

ADJECTIVE

▪ last, this past (esp. AmE)

▪ the following, next, this, this coming

▪ early, late

▪ wet

SPRING + NOUN

▪ weather

▪ sun, sunlight, sunshine

▪ frost, rain, shower, wind

▪ tide

▪ The highest spring tides of the the year occur after the equinoxes in March and September.

▪ equinox

▪ day, morning

▪ a perfect spring day

▪ semester (esp. AmE), term (esp. BrE)

▪ The students spend the whole spring term on teaching practice.

▪ season

▪ break (esp. AmE)

▪ high-school kids on spring break

▪ bloom, bulb, flower

▪ to plant spring bulbs

▪ clean (BrE), cleaning (usually spring-cleaning)

▪ They decided to give the attic a spring clean.

▪ I want to do some spring-cleaning.

▪ training (sports, esp. AmE)

▪ conference (esp. BrE)

▪ the party's spring conference

▪ collection, exhibition, issue

▪ the spring issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology

2 coiled metal or wire

ADJECTIVE

▪ coiled

▪ box (AmE)

▪ a box-spring mattress

VERB + SPRING

▪ break

▪ The children broke some springs jumping on the bed.

SPRING + VERB

▪ break, go

▪ Most of the springs have gone in the sofa.

3 where water comes up

ADJECTIVE

▪ hot, thermal

▪ bubbling

▪ mineral, natural

▪ mountain, underground

SPRING + VERB

▪ bubble

▪ A thermal spring bubbled up out of the rocks.

SPRING + NOUN

▪ water

▪ deliciously cool spring water
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verb

ADVERB

▪ suddenly

▪ apart, away, back, forth (esp. AmE), forward, out, up

▪ He sprang back in alarm.

VERB + SPRING

▪ be ready to, be waiting to

▪ The lion crouched, ready to spring.

PREPOSITION

▪ at

▪ Lisa sprang at him and kissed him on both cheeks.

▪ into, off, onto, out of, upon

▪ He sprang out of the car.

PHRASES

▪ spring open

▪ The drawer sprang open.

▪ spring to attention

▪ The sentry sprang to attention.

▪ spring to your feet

▪ She sprang to her feet and ran to answer the doorbell.

Spring is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑cat, ↑hope, ↑tear, ↑tiger

Spring is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ambush, ↑leak, ↑surprise, ↑trap

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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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