spring

IPA: sprˈɪŋ

noun

(countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
(countable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
(astronomy) 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.
(meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
(uncountable, figurative) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
(figurative, politics) a period of political liberalization and democratization
(countable, 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.
(countable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
(geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
(oceanography, obsolete) The rising of the sea at high tide.
A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
(nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
(nautical) 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.
(figurative) A race, a lineage.
(figurative) A youth.
A shoot, a young tree.
A grove of trees; a forest.
(countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
(countable, nautical, obsolete) A crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or (rare) a plank or seam.
(uncountable) 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.
(countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
(countable) Something which causes others or another to spring forth or spring into action, particularly
A cause, a motive, etc.
(obsolete) A lively piece of music.
(countable) A surname.
(oceanography) Short for spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons. [The tide which occurs when the moon is new or full; the effects of the Sun and moon being reinforced so that this tide is of maximum range.]
Alternative form of spring, the season of warmth and new vegetation following winter [(countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.]

verb

(intransitive) To move or burst forth.
To appear.
To grow, to sprout.
(UK dialectal) To mature.
(figurative) To arise, to come into existence.
(sometimes figurative) To enliven.
(figurative, usually with cardinal adverbs) To move with great speed and energy.
(usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from
(obsolete) To rise in social position or military rank, to be promoted.
(transitive) To cause to spring (all senses).
(of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
(obsolete, of horses) To breed with, to impregnate.
(transitive, obsolete) To wetten, to moisten.
(intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
(obsolete, military) To go off.
(intransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
(transitive, figurative) To surprise by sudden or deft action.
To come upon and flush out.
(Australia, slang) To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
(obsolete) To begin.
(obsolete, slang) To put bad money into circulation.
To tell, to share.
(transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
(intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
(transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
(intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
(transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
(transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to yield.
(obsolete, intransitive, slang) To raise an offered price.
(intransitive, obsolete) To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.
(transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
(figurative, rare, obsolete) to inspire, to motivate.
(transitive, intransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
(intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
(transitive, of rattles, archaic) To sound, to play.
(intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere
(of animals) to find or get enough food during springtime.
(transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain. [To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation]
(transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain. [(transitive, obsolete) To hold tightly, to clasp.]

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