Dictionary

spring en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (no-gloss) [no gloss]

Antonyms

autumn

Holonyms

year

Hypernyms

season

Meronyms

germination · freshet · spring equinox · mid-spring · April shower · spring melt

Synonyms

spring · Spring · springtime

spring en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /ˈspɹiŋ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
• /ˈspɹɪ̝ŋ/ (Australia)
• [ˈspɹʷɪ̝ŋ] (Australia)
• audio
• (General-American) audio
• [ˈspɹʷɪŋ] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈspɹʷiŋ] Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• sprĭng (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈspɹɪŋ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English springen, from Old English springan (“to spring, leap, bounce, sprout forth, emerge, spread out”), from Proto-West Germanic *springan, from Proto-Germanic *springaną (“to burst forth”), from Proto-Indo-European *spre(n)ǵʰ- (“to move, race, spring”), from *sperǵʰ- (“to hurry”). Cognates * Saterland Frisian springe * West Frisian springe * Dutch springen * German Low German springen * German springen * Danish springe * Swedish springa * Norwegian springe * Faroese springa * Icelandic springa (“to burst, explode”). Other possible cognates include Lithuanian spreñgti (“to push (in)”), Old Church Slavonic прѧсти (pręsti, “to spin, to stretch”), Latin spargere (“to sprinkle, to scatter”), Ancient Greek σπέρχω (spérkhō, “to hasten”), Sanskrit स्पृहयति (spṛháyati, “to be eager”). Some newer senses derived from the noun.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To move or burst forth.
   • The boat sprang a leak and began to sink.
   • ...þe wound þat was springand with huge stremes of blude... c. 1540, Livy, translated by John Bellenden, History of Rome, Vol. I, i, xxii, p. 125:
2. (intransitive) To move or burst forth. ▸ To appear.
   • Home I would go, But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. Fill'd and damm'd up with gaping Creditors, Watchfull as Fowlers when their Game will ſpring; […] 1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d, or, A Plot Discover’d. A Tragedy. […], London: […] Jos[eph] Hindmarsh […], →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4:
   • ...so the man tooke his concubine, and brought her foorth vnto them, and they knew her, and abused her all the night vntil the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her goe. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 19:25:
3. (intransitive) To move or burst forth. ▸ To grow, to sprout.
   • Dr. Sigmund Freud... says that everything you and I do springs from two motives: the sex urge and the desire to be great. 1936, Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People, page 42:
   • There was moisture in the ground, and from it sprang a million flowers, gold and blue and brown and red. 1974, James Albert Michener, Centennial, page 338:
   • Commerce! beneath whose poison-breathing shade No solitary virtue dares to spring, […] 1813, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Canto V”, in Queen Mab; […], London: […] P. B. Shelley, […], →OCLC, page 61:
   • Who hath diuided a water-course for the ouerflowing of waters? or a way for the lightning of thunder, To cause it to raine on the earth, where no man is: on the wildernesse wherein there is no man? To satisfie the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herbe to spring forth. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 38:25–27:
   • Foxglove sprang tall and purple among the trees. 2006, N. Roberts, Morrigann's Cross, section VI:
4. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To move or burst forth. ▸ To grow, to sprout. ▸ To mature.
5. (figuratively, intransitive) To move or burst forth. ▸ To arise, to come into existence.
6. (figuratively, intransitive, sometimes) To move or burst forth. ▸ To enliven.
   • He hit the gas and the car sprang to life.
7. (figuratively, intransitive, usually, with cardinal adverbs) To move or burst forth. ▸ To move with great speed and energy.
   • Reporters sprang to the conclusion that the speech would make detailed new commitments... 2011 April 11, The Atlantic:
   • However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
   • Thus she advanced; her belly low, almost touching the surface of the ground—a great cat preparing to spring upon its prey. 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 5, in Tarzan of the Apes:
   • ...the Mountain Stag, that springs From Height to Height, and bounds along the Plains, Nor has a Master to restrain his Course... 1722, Ambrose Philips, The Briton:
   • Deer spring with their hind legs, using their front hooves to steady themselves.
   • Ye kynge... sprange out of his chare and resseyuyd them worshipfully. 1474, William Caxton, transl., Game and Playe of the Chesse, iii, vii, 141:
   • ...into helle spring... c. 1250, Life of St Margaret, Trin. Col. MS B.14.39 (323), f. 22v
   • ...out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. 1827, Clement Clarke Moore, (A Visit from St. Nicholas):
8. (intransitive, usually, with from) To move or burst forth. ▸ To be born, descend, or originate from
   • From this basis, a first-order difference equation for the evolution of capital per worker is found, and the time path of the economy springs from this equation. 2008, George McCandless, The ABCs of RBCs, Harvard University Press, page 7:
   • He sprang from peasant stock.
9. (intransitive, obsolete) To move or burst forth. ▸ To rise in social position or military rank, to be promoted.
10. (transitive) To cause to spring (all senses).
11. (of mechanisms, transitive) To cause to spring (all senses). ▸ To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
    • He sprang the trap.
    • They sprung another Mine... wherein was placed about sixtie Barrels of Powder. 1625, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes, Vol. II, x, ix:
    • On the 23d, the Besiegers sprung a Mine under the Salient Angle, upon the Right of the Haif Moon, which had the desired Success, the Enemy's Gallery on that Side, and the Mason-Work of the Counterscarp, being thereby demolished. 1747, The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer:
12. (transitive) To leap over.
    • I sprang the fence, and was soon in the village street. 1876, Matilda Leathes, Our village worthies; or, Stories of village life, page 112:
13. (obsolete, of horses) To breed with, to impregnate.
    • ...[they] sought the fairest stoned horses to spring their mares... 1585, Nicolas De Nicolay, translated by Thomas Washington, The Navigations, Peregrinations, and Voyages, Made into Turkie..., Bk. IV, p. 154:
14. (obsolete, transitive) To wet, to moisten.
15. (intransitive, usually, with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
    • On the 22nd the mines sprang, and took very good effect. 1698, François Froger, A Relation of a Voyage Made... on the Coasts of Africa, page 30:
16. (obsolete) To go off.
    • The whole contraption appears liable to spring apart at any moment. 2012 April 21, Sydney Morning Herald, page 5:
17. (ambitransitive, perfective, usually) To crack.
    • The Edward sprang hir foremast. 1582 August 2, Richard Madox, diary
18. To come upon and flush out.
    • […] by the beginning of this century a still smaller breed, with a weight of 4 of 5 pounds and a chest measurement of around 12 inches, had come into being for springing rabbits. Such, then, is a rough, quick ancestral picture of our modern Dachshund, and[…] 1940, Allen A. Day, “Dachsunds for Woodchucks”, in Dwight Williams Huntington, editor, The Game Breeder and Sportsman, page 94:
    • For generations of men the springer spaniel has been looked upon as the dog for springing pheasants in covert and finding and retrieving dead birds or winged runners when ordered to do so. The properly broken dog will not chase, but drop to wing and shot. 1921, Field and Stream, page 832:
    • I winter, ruffed grouse sometimes roost at night on the ground under the insulating snow. Even during the midday hours, I have often flushed grouse out from under the snow-bowed branches of "buck-brush," the type of environment where a hunter would more likely expect to spring a rabbit or two. 2003 August 1, Dennis Walrod, Grouse Hunter's Guide: Solid Facts, Insights, and Observations on How to Hunt Ruffled Grouse, Stackpole Books, →ISBN:
19. (Australia, slang) To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
    • He figured that nobody would ever spring him, but he figured wrong. 1980, John Hepworth et al., Boozing Out in Melbourne Pubs..., page 42:
20. (obsolete) To begin.
21. (obsolete, slang) To put bad money into circulation.
22. To tell, to share.
    • North Korea loves to spring surprises. More unusual is for its US foe to play along. 2012 February 29, Aidan Foster-Carter, “North Korea: The Denuclearisation Dance Resumes”, in BBC News:
    • Sorry to spring it on you like this but I've been offered another job.
23. (US, slang, transitive) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
    • If I was in jail I know you'd spring me 2007, Mike Batt, “If You Were a Sailboat”, performed by Katie Melua:
    • His lieutenants hired a team of miners to help spring him.
24. (intransitive, rare, slang) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
25. To secure a person's release from custody; to free or bail out of jail.
    • The Big Man, of course, had had an alibi as solid as Fort Knox. He had been held and questioned, but was quickly sprung by the best lawyer in Harlem. 1954, Ian Fleming, “A Visiting-Card”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 22:
26. (of arches, transitive) To build, to form the initial curve of.
    • They sprung an arch over the lintel.
27. (intransitive, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
    • The arches spring from the front posts.
28. (transitive) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
29. (transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to yield.
    • He wouldn't spring a nickel for a bag of peanuts. 1957, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Over Seventy, page 137:
30. (intransitive, obsolete, slang) To raise an offered price.
31. (US, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, transitive) Alternative form of sprain.
    alt of sprain
32. (US, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, transitive) Alternative form of strain.
    alt of strain
33. (intransitive, obsolete) To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.
34. (rare, transitive) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
35. (figuratively, obsolete, rare) to inspire, to motivate.
36. (ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
    • Don't drive it in too hard, as it will ‘spring’ the plane-iron, and make it concave. 1873 July, Routledge's Young Gentleman's Magazine, page 503:
    • A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
    • He sprang in the slat.
37. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
    • “Gee, Dad, Nancy’s springing all right,” Ray said and paused in spontaneous pleasure. Stan Parker came, and together they looked at their swelling heifer. 1955, Patrick White, chapter 15, in The Tree of Man, New York: Viking, page 228:
38. (archaic, of rattles, transitive) To sound, to play.
    • I do not know how John and his mistress would have settled the fate of the thief, but just at this moment a policeman entered — for the cook had sprung the rattle, and had been screaming "Murder" and "Thieves." 1850, Samuel Prout Newcombe, Pleasant pages, page 197:
39. (of animals) To find or get enough food during springtime.

Forms

Deriveds

spring into action · spring up · spring a leak · springing · spring out · spring the luff · spring-tree · spring to somebody's defence · spring in · spring a butt · spring for · spring-jack · sprung rhyme · spring has sprung · spring forth · springer · spring at · spring to life · spring loose · overspring · springel · hope springs eternal · spring-hare · outspring · spring-lobster · respring · spring an arch · spring on · spring to mind · upspring

Relateds

unspring · sprung · sprang · springwort · to-spring

Synonyms

jump · form · arise · spring loose · leap · jailbreak · bound · take shape · free · release · let out

Translations (3)

es entrar en acción (to move or burst forth) · fi vapauttaa (to release or set free) · mi turupana (to release or set free)

spring en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /ˈspɹiŋ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
• /ˈspɹɪ̝ŋ/ (Australia)
• [ˈspɹʷɪ̝ŋ] (Australia)
• audio
• (General-American) audio
• [ˈspɹʷɪŋ] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈspɹʷiŋ] Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• sprĭng (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈspɹɪŋ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English spryng (“a wellspring, tide, branch, sunrise, kind of dance or blow, ulcer, snare, flock”); partly from Old English spring (“wellspring, ulcer”), from Proto-West Germanic *spring, from Proto-Germanic *springaz (“a wellspring, fount”); and partly from Old English spryng (“a jump”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprungi, from Proto-Germanic *sprungiz (“a jump”). Further senses derived from the verb and from clippings of day-spring, springtime, spring tide, etc. Its sense as the season, first attested in a work predating 1325, gradually replaced Middle English lenten, lente, from Old English lencten (“spring, Lent”) as that word became more specifically liturgical. Compare fall.

Meanings

1. (countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
   • The pris'ner with a spring from prison broke; Then stretch'd his feather'd fans with all his might, And to the neighb'ring maple wing'd his flight. 1700, John Dryden, The Cock and the Fox:
2. (countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
   • No joy the blowing season gives, ⁠The herald melodies of spring, ⁠But in the songs I love to sing A doubtful gleam of solace lives. 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXVIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 59:
   • Into the sea, you and me / All these years and no one heard / I'll show you in spring, it's a treacherous thing 1983, Robert Smith, “The Lovecats”, performed by The Cure:
   • Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.
   • You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.
   • Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals. 2012 March-April, Anna Lena Phillips, “Sneaky Silk Moths”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 172:
3. (countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life. ▸ 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.
   • Chinese New Year always occurs in January or February but is called the "Spring Festival" throughout East Asia because it is reckoned as the beginning of their spring.
4. (countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life. ▸ The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
   • I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.
   • The spring issue will be out next week.
5. (figuratively, uncountable) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
   • O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day. c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
   • ...and it came to passe about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house... 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 9:26:
6. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process. ▸ A period of political liberalization and democratization.
   • Solidarity grew from the Lenin Shipyard here and threatened a Polish spring before martial law was imposed in 1981. 1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 627:
   • Prague Spring
   • Arab Spring
7. (countable) 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.
8. (countable, uncountable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly ▸ A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
   • This beer was brewed with pure spring water.
9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly ▸ The rising of the sea at high tide.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly ▸ Ellipsis of spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
    alt of spring tide
11. (countable, uncountable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly ▸ An elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
    • We jumped so hard the bed springs broke.
12. (countable, uncountable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly ▸ A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
    • He had warped round with the springs on his cable, and had recommenced his fire upon the Aurora. 1836, Frederick Marryat, Mr. Midshipman Easy, volume III, page 72:
13. (countable, uncountable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly ▸ 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.
    • Spring is likewise a rope reaching diagonally from the stern of a ship to the head of another which lies along-side or a-breast of her. 1769, William Falconer, An Universal Dictionary of the Marine, s.v:
    • ‘Springs’ are the ropes used on a ship that is alongside a berth to prevent fore and aft movements. 2007 January 26, Business Times::
    • You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much.
14. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly ▸ A race, a lineage.
15. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly ▸ A youth.
16. (countable, uncountable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly ▸ A shoot, a young tree.
17. (countable, uncountable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly ▸ A grove of trees; a forest.
18. (collective, countable, uncountable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly ▸ A group of teal.
    • It is sometimes the practice of the fowler to delay his performances a few days when there are only a small spring of teal; this delay frequently proves highly judicious, for when undisturbed they assemble at decoys in great numbers. 2013, H. Folkard, The Wildfowler - A Treatise on Fowling, Ancient and Modern, Read Books Limited:
    • A peep over the bank, and a "spring" of teal are up, but only to divide into two, and I mark down the larger one into open water some hundred and fifty yards off. 1894, “Humber Shore-Shooting”, in Baily's Magazine of Sports Pastimes, volume 64, page 289:
    • Of all the prizes with which a wild-fowl shooter could wish to meet, a spring of Teal is amongst the first. 1870 February 1, “The Teal”, in John Eller Taylor, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, editor, Hardwicke's Science-gossip, Robert Hardwicke, page 35:
19. (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
20. (countable, obsolete) A crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or (rare) a plank or seam.
    • A spar is said to be sprung, when it is cracked or split,... and the crack is called a spring. 1846, Arthur Young, Nautical Dictionary, page 292:
21. (countable, 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.
    • the spring of a bow
22. (countable, uncountable) Springiness: an attribute or quality of springing, springing up, or springing back, particularly ▸ Elastic energy, power, or force.
    • Mrs Durbeyfield, excited by her song, trod the rocker with all the spring that was left in her after a long day's seething in the suds. 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 30:
    • Heav'ns what a spring was in his Arm, to throw: How high he held his Shield, and rose at ev'ry blow! 1697, John Dryden, Virgil's Aeneis, Bk. xi, ll. 437–8
23. (countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
    • ‘Have you ever contemplated, Adrian, the phenomenon of springs?’ ‘Coils, you mean?’ ‘Not coils, Adrian, no. Coils not. Think springs of water. Think wells and spas and sources. Well-springs in the widest and loveliest sense. Jerusalem, for instance, is a spring of religiosity. One small town in the desert, but the source of the world’s three most powerful faiths. […] Religion seems to bubble from its sands.’ 1991 September, Stephen Fry, “[Prelude to chapter 1]”, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section, page 1:
    • […] discover, at least in some degree, the secret springs and principles, by which the human mind is actuated in its operations? 1748, David Hume, Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals, London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, §9:
    • Such a man can do all things through Christ that strengtheneth him, he can patiently suffer all things with cheerfull submission and resignation to the Divine Will. He has a secret Spring of spiritual Joy, and the continual Feast of a good Conscience within, that forbid him to be miserable. 1693, The Folly and Unreasonableness of Atheism..., Richard Bentley, Sermon 1:
    • As wel the singers as the players on instruments shall bee there: all my springs are in thee. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 87:7:
24. (countable, uncountable) Something which causes others or another to spring forth or spring into action, particularly ▸ A cause, a motive, etc.
    • Our Author ſhuns by vulgar Springs to move / The Hero's Glory, or the Virgin's Love; […] 1712 (date written), [Alexander] Pope, “Prologue, by Mr. Pope. Spoken by Mr. [Robert] Wilks.”, in [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC:
25. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Something which causes others or another to spring forth or spring into action, particularly ▸ A lively piece of music.
    • The firstand spring the fiddle did play Hey wi the gay and the grinding Said, "Ye'll drown my sister, as she's dune me." At the bony bony bows of London (Can we date this quote?), stanza 18, in The Bonny Bows o London (as collected by Buchan in 'Ancient ballads and songs of the north of Scotland'):

Forms

Antonyms

neap tide

Coordinates

summer · autumn or fall · summer · winter · winter · summer · autumn or fall · winter · autumn or fall

Deriveds (first 500 of 662)

spring cleavers · Desert Hot Springs · spring hook · spring lancet · Russian spring-summer encephalitis · card spring · Greene Springs · spring fly · spring field cricket · spring-time · spring clock · hydrospring · Fish Springs · early spring orchis · spring eye · spring seed · take one's spring out of · Excelsior Springs · Stallion Springs · Cold Spring · after-spring · springline settlement · extension spring · Anderson Springs · spring kale · spring parsley · return spring · Boyes Hot Springs · spring ophthalmia · spring searcher · spreader spring · spring booster · carriage spring · separating spring · neckspring · Beijing Spring · spring ring clasp · spring tiller · spring grass · spring suspension · spring lamb · spring gauge · Santa Fe Springs · Springton · spring back · Spring-heeled Jack · Shingle Springs · spring-cleaning · spring beauty · spring-back · spring salamander · headspring · springline · karstic spring · springwood · spring trap · footsteps-of-spring · shoe return spring · take one's spring from · spring beating spoon · handspring · balance spring · Geuda Springs · spring scalecap · Spring Bank Holiday · springling · spring term · restoring spring · fool's spring · wave spring · spring bow · Sandy Springs · spring-pit · spring-action · bedspring · well-spring · Pagosa Springs · spring roll · spring house · Bay Springs · spring onion · watch main spring steel · progressively wound valve spring · spring dart · spring juices · Operation Spring Awakening · spring-binder · sear spring · spring box · spring cable · Spring Terrace · spring-well · springform · spring-loaded camming device · Aspen Springs · spring-water · spring brake · spring jack · springlike · springboard · spring cankerworm · spring-type · sprummer · spring-beam · spring bed · Manitou Springs · Colorado Springs · Iron Springs · vauclusian spring · spring-tempered · spring-pottage · Arlington Springs Woman · Croatian Spring · Oliver Springs · variable spring · spring-lock · Silver 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Relateds

springe · atspring · espringal · springhaas · aspring · rumspringa · springbok · springal · springhalt · springbock · springald · spring-haas · bespring · springle · springboc

Synonyms

bounce · resilience · source · bounciness · springiness · elasticity · springtime · impetus · beginning (time of growth, early stages) · fount · impulse · springtime · springtime

Translations (678)

te పుష్పసమయము (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · oc font (water springing from the ground) · eo fonto (water springing from the ground) · ca font (water springing from the ground) · bcl tagburakan (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ab ааԥынра (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · xh intwasahlobo (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · lld aisciöda (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · hy ակունք (water springing from the ground) · pt lançante (nautical: line from an end to another vessel or mooring to limit surging) · shn ႁူးၼမ်ႉၸိုမ်း (water springing from the ground) · yi וועסנע (period from vernal equinox to summer solstice) · fa چَشْمِه (water springing from the ground) · tr pınar (water springing from the ground) · af bron (water springing from the ground) · cy sbring (device made of flexible material) · ko 스프링 (device made of flexible material) · es alfaguara (water springing from the ground) · sv källa (water springing from the ground) · tk ýaz (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · it fonte (water springing from the ground) · lt šaltinis (water springing from the ground) · th น้ำพุ (water springing from the ground) · zh 春季 (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sw masika (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · es resorte (device made of flexible material) · hsn 春天 (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · zza çıme (diq) (water springing from the ground) · ia resorto (device made of flexible material) · de Sprungfeder (device made of flexible material) · he מַעְיָן (water springing from the ground) · zh 彈簧 /弹簧 (device made of flexible material) · om arfaasaa (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · arc ܬܸܕ݂ܐܵܐ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · nl lente (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · de Frühling (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · pa ਬਸੰਤ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · esu up'nerkaq (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · as উঁহ (water springing from the ground) · lo ວະສັນຕະ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · oc dotz (water springing from the ground) · kju ʔahqʰa (water springing from the ground) · hi बहार (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · da fjeder (device made of flexible material) · es spring (sprin) (device made of flexible material) · rup primuvearã (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · yi קרעניצע (water springing from the ground) · fit kaltio (water springing from the ground) · sl vzmét (device made of flexible material) · ar عْيْن (water springing from the ground) · ur عَین (water springing from the ground) · nrf èrnouvé (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ang lencten (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · lo ວະສັນ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · da kilde (water springing from the ground) · wo noor (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mn ᠬᠠᠪᠤᠷ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · pox püzaimă (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · hi वसंत (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · es venero (water springing from the ground) · orv весна (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · nb kilde (water springing from the ground) · zu intwasahlobo (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mn булаг (water springing from the ground) · tr yay (device made of flexible material) · et allikas (water springing from the ground) · kw gwenton (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · my ဝသန် (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · niv ӿонф (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ko 출렁쇠 (device made of flexible material) · fa فَنَر (device made of flexible material) · hu rugó (device made of flexible material) · sv fjäder (device made of flexible material) · sh prolitje (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · nrf renouvé (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · vec verta (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · rsk яр (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · kjh часхы (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · da forår (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ota زنبرك (device made of flexible material) · my နွေဦးပေါက် (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · my နွေဦး (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · zh 春天 (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · bg изто́чник (water springing from the ground) · ady гъатхэ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · fi kevät (the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)) · be жарало́ (water springing from the ground) · ga earrach (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · it sorgente (water springing from the ground) · mi tupa (device made of flexible material) · tli khukalt'éex' ká (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · yai буҳор (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ps پسرلۍ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · zza çem (diq) (water springing from the ground) · fy foarjier (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · uz chashma (water springing from the ground) · oc prima (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · eu udaberri (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mnc ᠨᡳᠶᡝᠩᠨᡳᠶᡝᡵᡳ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · la scatebra (water springing from the ground) · kix mīulèih (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · tay ttungan abaw (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mk федер (device made of flexible material) · be ўве́сну (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · my နွေဦးရာသီ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · he אָבִיב (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · gl fonte (water springing from the ground) · mdf тунда (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · fr ressort (device made of flexible material) · hu tavasz (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · nl wel (water springing from the ground) · mk вруток (water springing from the ground) · fi halkeama (nautical: crack or fissure in a mast or yard) · uk крини́ця (water springing from the ground) · yi וועסנע (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ast fonte (water springing from the ground) · scn fonti (water springing from the ground) · so gu’ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · fi kevät (period from vernal equinox to summer solstice) · ta வசந்தம் (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ru причи́на (any active power) · he עַיִן (water springing from the ground) · nog язлык (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · gld ненгне (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · myv тундо (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · cs pramen (water springing from the ground) · ar يَاي (device made of flexible material) · vro kevväi (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ebk fofon (water springing from the ground) · sa कुसुमाकर (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · th ฤดูใบไม้ผลิ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · cdo 泉 (water springing from the ground) · zh 春天 (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · fa بَهار (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · rue ярь (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · fi voima (any active power) · zh 源泉 (water springing from the ground) · nrf r'source (water springing from the ground) · ksc chagsi (water springing from the ground) · msk tobod (water springing from the ground) · sk pružina (device made of flexible material) · nb vår (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · bg про́лет (period from vernal equinox to summer solstice) · lt pavasaris (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ru причи́на (source of an action or a supply) · sq pranverë (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ms musim bunga (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · rom zvoro (water springing from the ground) · ks سونٛتھ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · da vår (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · qu pukyu (water springing from the ground) · wa fontinne (water springing from the ground) · ja 発条 (device made of flexible material) · fi lähde (source of an action or a supply) · evn ненңени (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · haw kau kupulau (the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)) · pt manancial (water springing from the ground) · gd fuaran (water springing from the ground) · sa उत्स (water springing from the ground) · tt чишмә (water springing from the ground) · fy welle (water springing from the ground) · uk джерело́ (water springing from the ground) · ltg atspera (device made of flexible material) · es manantial (water springing from the ground) · gl resorte (device made of flexible material) · sk prameň (water springing from the ground) · rm primavaira (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · tyz bó (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ifk ob-ob (water springing from the ground) · la scaturgō (water springing from the ground) · as পুং (water springing from the ground) · ru исто́чник (source of an action or a supply) · krc джаз (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · kxd musim bunga (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · kk серіппе (device made of flexible material) · tr kaynak (water springing from the ground) · de Feder (device made of flexible material) · fi springi (nautical: line from an end to another vessel or mooring to limit surging) · sk žriedlo (water springing from the ground) · gug arayvoty (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ilo ubbug (water springing from the ground) · koi тулыс (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · io printempo (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · hi कमानी (device made of flexible material) · ckb بەھار (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sw kisima (water springing from the ground) · ky булак (water springing from the ground) · hy զսպանակ (device made of flexible material) · br andon (water springing from the ground) · lt versmė (water springing from the ground) · bo ཆུ་མིག (water springing from the ground) · ru весна́ (period from vernal equinox to summer solstice) · min mato aia (water springing from the ground) · bg пружи́на (device made of flexible material) · gd earrach (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · gl manadeiro (water springing from the ground) · sh ȍpruga (device made of flexible material) · bn নওবাহার (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sw bamvua (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · wa prétins (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · es esprín (nautical: line from an end to another vessel or mooring to limit surging) · lld aisciuda (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · es vertiente (water springing from the ground) · sh proliće (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · grt chimik (water springing from the ground) · et kevad (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · fa بَهَار (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · udi жӏогъул (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ja 春 (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · krl kevät (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · kk бұлақ (water springing from the ground) · oj dakib (water springing from the ground) · enm spryng (water springing from the ground) · jje 봄 (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · vi xuân (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · nn vår (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · rup prumuvearã (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · hi बसंत (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ky жаз (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · rif tara (water springing from the ground) · txb ālme (water springing from the ground) · es primavera (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · es fontana (water springing from the ground) · de Frühjahrszeit (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · es muelle (device made of flexible material) · sc benau (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sl peró (device made of flexible material) · cs jaro (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · war burabod (water springing from the ground) · wa sourdant (water springing from the ground) · cjs часқы (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · zza wesar (diq) (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · be крыні́ца (water springing from the ground) · ro izvor (water springing from the ground) · lez гатфар (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mt nixxiegħa (water springing from the ground) · fi lähde (water springing from the ground) · zh чунтян (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sma gïjre (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · de Früelig (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · bo སི་པིརིང (device made of flexible material) · gug arapoty (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ca molla (device made of flexible material) · sah саас (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ebk ogwor (water springing from the ground) · ms per (device made of flexible material) · zh 泉 (water springing from the ground) · bal چمگ (water springing from the ground) · lou printem (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ja スプリング (device made of flexible material) · pl zdrój (water springing from the ground) · grc πηγή (water springing from the ground) · aii ܒܹܝܬ݇ܢܝܼ̈ܣܵܢܹܐ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · my ဝသန္တ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · el έαρ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mwl primabera (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sco voar (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · lt verdenė (water springing from the ground) · ru рессо́ра (device made of flexible material) · udm тулыс (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ka ზამბარა (device made of flexible material) · tr ilkyaz (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · lki کەنی (water springing from the ground) · ms pegas (device made of flexible material) · phn 𐤏𐤍 (water springing from the ground) · enm lenten (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · aii ܢܸܒ݂ܥܵܐ (water springing from the ground) · hi ऐन (water springing from the ground) · sc banau (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · br mammenn (water springing from the ground) · ro primăvară (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mi piringi (device made of flexible material) · bua хабар (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · nds Fröhjohrstiet (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mi kōanga (the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)) · br nevezamzer (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ru ключ (water springing from the ground) · shn လဵၵ်းၵူင်ႇပိုတ်း (device made of flexible material) · ba шишмә (water springing from the ground) · fo kelda (water springing from the ground) · sh про̀љеће (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ms mata air (water springing from the ground) · ca primavera (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ota چشمه (water springing from the ground) · stq Foarjier (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · id per (device made of flexible material) · fa خانی (water springing from the ground) · fy fear (device made of flexible material) · wuu 春天 (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · yi ספּרונזשינע (device made of flexible material) · mi mātāwai (water springing from the ground) · sh pròleće (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · tr ilkbahar (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sc mitza (water springing from the ground) · pt origem (source of an action or a supply) · sh про̀леће (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sd بَہارَ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · es fuente (water springing from the ground) · vep keväzʹ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · te వసంత ఋతువు (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ltg olūts (water springing from the ground) · scn primavera (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · alt јас (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · gug arahaku ñepyrũ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · za seizcin (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · fi kevät (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · gv Yn Arragh (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ks بَہار (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mi pūniko (device made of flexible material) · lo ລະດູບານໃໝ່ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · th สปริง (device made of flexible material) · bcl burabod (water springing from the ground) · bo དཔྱིད་ཀ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · non vár (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · fi vieteri (device made of flexible material) · wym fiywyt (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · gl rieiro (water springing from the ground) · gl manancial (water springing from the ground) · nb fjær (device made of flexible material) · fo vár (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · pl krynica (water springing from the ground) · lo ວະສັນຕະຣະດູ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · pl wiosna (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · bg и́звор (water springing from the ground) · vi lò xo (device made of flexible material) · ga foinse (water springing from the ground) · ka წყარო (water springing from the ground) · kab tafsut (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · scn funti (water springing from the ground) · fy maaitiid (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · fi springi (nautical: line from an end or side to the anchor cable) · de Quelle (water springing from the ground) · zdj dzitso la madji (water springing from the ground) · mt għajn (water springing from the ground) · tk bahar (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · yi קוואַל (water springing from the ground) · sh ìzvor (water springing from the ground) · bg изто́чник (source of an action or a supply) · wa bontins (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ru родни́к (water springing from the ground) · es mana (water springing from the ground) · am ምንጭ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · hi वसंत (the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)) · kl upernaaq (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · hy ակ (water springing from the ground) · bn বসন্ত (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · az bulaq (water springing from the ground) · zza vasar (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · cs (dated)/(poetic) vesna (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · gl gorgolo (water springing from the ground) · io fonto (water springing from the ground) · tl paigkas (device made of flexible material) · tkl tau totogo (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · vec fóntego (water springing from the ground) · mk пружина (device made of flexible material) · gl olleiro (water springing from the ground) · bn বাহার (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · uga 𐎐𐎁𐎋 (water springing from the ground) · es manadero (water springing from the ground) · sa वसन्त (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · myz ࡁࡄࡀࡓ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · vo florüp (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · tr bahar (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mk извор (water springing from the ground) · mtq mùa xân (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · tly əvəsor (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · uz bahor (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mhn langes (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ja 泉 (water springing from the ground) · ulc неӈне (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · vec fontego (water springing from the ground) · id mata air (water springing from the ground) · it primavera (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sw majira ya chipuko (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mi panapana (device made of flexible material) · el κρήνη (water springing from the ground) · cs pružina (device made of flexible material) · nl spring (nautical: line from an end to another vessel or mooring to limit surging) · fa عِیْن (water springing from the ground) · kmr kehnî (water springing from the ground) · hi बहार (the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)) · km ឡាន (device made of flexible material) · ug ئەتىياز (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · kla sqo (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · frp font (water springing from the ground) · kpv тулыс (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · hsb nalěćo (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mhn prunn (water springing from the ground) · yai чишма (water springing from the ground) · xal хавр (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ta ஊற்று (water springing from the ground) · az bahar (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · km ឧតុរាជ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · bg причи́на (any active power) · ta நீரூற்று (water springing from the ground) · dsb nalěto (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · cy twyth (device made of flexible material) · kk көктем (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · nl veer (device made of flexible material) · ja 温泉 (water springing from the ground) · za mboq (water springing from the ground) · nv daan (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ml ഉറവ (water springing from the ground) · nds Vörjohr (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · hi बसंत (period from vernal equinox to summer solstice) · zh 春 (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mhr шошо (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · eu iturri (water springing from the ground) · zza wesare (the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)) · si වසන්ත ඍතුව (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · av их (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · lij primmaveja (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sc beranu (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · izh kevät (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ug باھار (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sh фе́дер (device made of flexible material) · is uppspretta (water springing from the ground) · pt mola (device made of flexible material) · yi וועסנע (the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)) · th ใบไม้ผลิ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · lld ansciuda (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mi aroaromahana (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · lo ສະປິງ (device made of flexible material) · es venera (water springing from the ground) · rom primavara (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ca ressort (device made of flexible material) · lv pavasaris (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sl izvír (water springing from the ground) · la vēr (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · an fuent (water springing from the ground) · is vatnsrás (water springing from the ground) · ru пружи́на (device made of flexible material) · ro arc (device made of flexible material) · nrf r'nouvé (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · hi चश्मा (water springing from the ground) · sl pomlád (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ja 春季 (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mn ᠪᠤᠯᠠᠭ (water springing from the ground) · el πηγή (water springing from the ground) · nl bron (water springing from the ground) · ms musim semi (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sah дьүүктэ (water springing from the ground) · mi puna (water springing from the ground) · et veesilm (water springing from the ground) · az yay (device made of flexible material) · mnp 春天 (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ab ааԥын (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · gl troa (water springing from the ground) · es hontanar (water springing from the ground) · knb uud (water springing from the ground) · ca deu (water springing from the ground) · ifk otbol (water springing from the ground) · kla sqo (the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)) · ar يَنْبُوع (water springing from the ground) · br eienenn f eien (water springing from the ground) · ar رَبِيع (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · is vor (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ty matavai (water springing from the ground) · be уве́сну (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · tl tagsibol (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · win weeną (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · de Frühlingszeit (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · moe shikuan (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · lv atspere (device made of flexible material) · nds Fröhjohr (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sk jar (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sh пролиће (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · hy գարուն (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ko 용수철 (device made of flexible material) · ta இளவேனில் (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · kmr bihar (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · okm 봄〮 (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · uz buloq (water springing from the ground) · ru весна́ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sw kipindi cha demani (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · fy maitiid (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · as বসন্ত (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ru шпринг (nautical: line from an end to another vessel or mooring to limit surging) · wa sourd (water springing from the ground) · ce ӏад (device made of flexible material) · yi פֿאַרפּסח (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · tl muwelye (device made of flexible material) · pl sprężyna (device made of flexible material) · crh baar (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sh пролитје (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · de Frühjahr (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · ar ربيع (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · kla sqo (period from vernal equinox to summer solstice) · mr बसन्त (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · he קְפִיץ (device made of flexible material) · ab ааҧынра (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mnc ᡧᡝᡵᡳ (water springing from the ground) · fi joustin (device made of flexible material) · ko 샘 (water springing from the ground) · sh ѝзвор (water springing from the ground) · bg про́лет (the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)) · tzm ⵜⴰⴼⵙⵓⵜ (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · mn хавар (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) · sw kosa (device made of flexible material) · liv kievād (season between winter and summer in temperate climates)

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spring en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /ˈspɹiŋ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
• /ˈspɹɪ̝ŋ/ (Australia)
• [ˈspɹʷɪ̝ŋ] (Australia)
• audio
• (General-American) audio
• [ˈspɹʷɪŋ] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈspɹʷiŋ] Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• sprĭng (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈspɹɪŋ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English spryng (“a wellspring, tide, branch, sunrise, kind of dance or blow, ulcer, snare, flock”); partly from Old English spring (“wellspring, ulcer”), from Proto-West Germanic *spring, from Proto-Germanic *springaz (“a wellspring, fount”); and partly from Old English spryng (“a jump”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprungi, from Proto-Germanic *sprungiz (“a jump”). Further senses derived from the verb and from clippings of day-spring, springtime, spring tide, etc. Its sense as the season, first attested in a work predating 1325, gradually replaced Middle English lenten, lente, from Old English lencten (“spring, Lent”) as that word became more specifically liturgical. Compare fall.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere.
   • True it is that, owing to the migratory propensities of our countrymen, every third man has wintered at Naples, springed at Vienna, summered in Switzerland, and autumned on the banks of the Lago Maggiore; 1835 May, “Northern Germany. A Sketch.”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume XI, number LXV, page 507:
   • Larry and Bill had planned to hold a white-linen “fancy” fund-raiser dinner in late June or early July, which would bring out the moneyed crowd who “summered” on the Island. If you summer or winter somewhere you are affluent, Larry knew. (Funny, though, he had never heard of anyone who “autumned” in Vermont or who was “springing” in Colorado.) 2010, Larry Stettner, Bill Morrison, Cooking for the Common Good: The Birth of a Natural Foods Soup Kitchen, Berkeley, Calif.: North Atlantic Books, →ISBN, page 84:
   • She springed in London, summered in Stockholm, autumned at Vichy, and wintered at Monte Carlo. 1950, Chambers’s Journal, page 269:
   • In recent years his friend the fourth-quarter king summered, autumned, and springed in nearby Southern California, which was how they stayed so easily in touch. 2006, Tim Pratt, “The Third-Quarter King”, in Jonathan Strahan, Jeremy G Byrne, editors, Eidolon I, →ISBN, page 2:
   • They wintered in a warm place And summered in a cold, But where they springed and autumned I never have been told. 1937, Mortimer Jones, “Lines of No Importance”, in The Alphi Phi Quarterly, page 29:
   • If Tad’s father and Tad had wintered, springed, summered, and autumned together for an hundred years instead of fifteen they could[…] 1912, William C[yrus] Sprague, Tad, the Story of a Boy who Had No Chance, page 2:

Forms

Relateds

geyser · seep · Slinky · Hooke's law · vernal · well

Translations (1)

pt primaverar (to spend the springtime)