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spring
  1. A leap; a bound; a jump.
  2. (countable) Traditionally the first of the four seasons of the year in temperate regions, in which plants spring from the ground and trees come into blossom, following winter and preceding summer.
  3. (countable) Meteorologically, the months of March, April and May in the northern hemisphere or September, October and November in the southern.
  4. (countable) The astronomically delineated period from the moment of vernal equinox, approximately March 21 in the northern hemisphere to the moment of the summer solstice, approximately June 21. (See Spring (season) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for other variations.)
  5. (countable) Spring tide; a tide of greater-than-average range, that is, around the first or third quarter of a lunar month, or around the times of the new or full moon.
  6. (countable) A place where water emerges from the ground.
  7. (uncountable) The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc.
  8. Elastic power or force.
  9. (countable) A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force when it is bent, compressed or stretched.
  10. (countable) The source of an action or of a supply.
  11. Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.
  12. That which springs, or is originated, from a source.
    1. A race; lineage.
    2. A youth; a springald.
    3. A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland.
  13. (obsolete) That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune.
  14. The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage.
  15. (countable, nautical) A rope attaching the bow of a vessel to the stern-side of the jetty, or vice versa, to stop the vessel from surging.
  16. (nautical) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.
  17. (nautical) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely.
  18. Synonyms:
  19. Examples:
    1. “In December, the stalks were closely garnished with flowers, and in the spring, when the flowers dropped off, they were succeeded by young plants.”
      “The spring broke because its iron was too poor to sustain the stress.”
      “I felt the sharp jabbing of a bed coil that had long lost its spring shove its way into my side.”
springing
springhead
  1. The source of a natural spring.
  2. (figuratively) A source.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The hikers reached the hidden springhead, the pristine and untouched source of the crystal-clear mountain stream.”
      “He is the center and springhead of the entire action, giving law and shape to everything that is said and done.”
      “The honeybee is a technical term used by manufacturers to designate the knife springhead.”
springtime
  1. The season of spring, between winter and summer.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In springtime, the cherry blossoms burst into colorful blooms, transforming the landscape into a breathtaking spectacle.”
      “The scent of blooming flowers fills the air in springtime.”
      “In southern Mongolia, the winters have been getting colder and the summers hotter, with barely a springtime buffer zone.”
springald
  1. (now rare, archaic) A youth; a young man, a stripling.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Nonetheless, by the 1350s, Southampton had mounted mangonel and springald siege engines on the existing walls.”
      “Had she, after all, made so little impression on this springald despite her tacit encouragement of him!”
      “Well, my wild little maid, be good enough to repeat to me what you whispered just now to that springald of a captain.”
springlet
  1. A small, minor spring (water source).
springall
  1. Alternative form of springald
springiness
  1. The property of being springy.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The angler has the technology of a carbon-fibre rod whose springiness absorbs some of the shocks of the plunging fish.”
      “She pushed her fingers through her hair, felt the soft springiness where it grew from her scalp.”
      “He walked, indeed, with a step of amazing springiness for a man of his years.”
springlessness
  1. The absence of springs.
springtimes
springheads
springalds
  1. plural of springald
springalls
  1. plural of springall
springings
springlets
  1. plural of springlet
springs
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