Meaning of spring | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
   countable
2. soft, mild
3. A village and commune of Alba County, Romania.
4. To move or burst forth
5. A surname.
   countable
6. 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.
   countable, uncountable
7. spring (device made of flexible or coiled material)
8. To appear
9. A census-designated place in Harris County, Texas, United States.
   countable, uncountable
10. To start leaking suddenly: The boat sprang a leak. My balloon has sprung a leak.
11. 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.
    countable, uncountable
12. wharf, quay, pier, dock
13. To grow, to sprout. To mature
14. Of, occurring in, or characteristic of the season of spring:vernal.
15. The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
    countable, uncountable
16. alternative form of molle (“pepper tree”)
17. To mature
18. veerkragtigheid رَفَاصِيَّه еластичност elasticidade pružnost die Elastizität elasticitet ελαστικότητα vetruvus kimmoisuus élasticité קְפִיצִיוּת लचीलापन elastičnost, odskočnost ruganyosság lentingan fjaðurmögnun; sveigjanleiki elasticità 弾力 탄력성이 있음 tamprumas, lankstumas elastība; atsperīgums keanjalan veerkrachtigheid elastisitet, spenstighet sprężystość elasticidade elasticitate упругость; эластичность pružnosť prožnost elastičnost elasticitet, spänstighet, svikt ความยืดหยุ่น esneklik 彈性 пр...
19. The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
    figuratively, uncountable
20. To arise, to come into existence
21. having springs. a sprung mattress. met vere قَفّاز، نابِض с пружина de molas pérový Sprungfeder-... spring- που διαθέτει σούστες vedru- فنر دار jousitettu à ressorts בַּעַל קְפִיצִים स्प्रिंग वाला koji ima opruge, s oprugama rugós mempunyai per með fjöðrum a molle スプリングのきいた 스프링이 있는 spyruoklinis atsperu- berspring springverenfjær- na sprężynach de molas cu arcuri пружинистый pružinový vzmeten sa federima fjäder- ความยึดหยุ่น yaylı 帶有彈性的 пружинний کمانی والا có lắp lò xo 带有弹性的
22. a period of political liberalization and democratization
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
23. thorough cleaning of a house etc especially in spring. deeglik skoonmaak تَنْظيف شامِل пролетно почистване limpeza geral jarní úklid der Früjahrsputz forårsrengøring γενική καθαριότητα suurpuhastus خانه تكاني در فصل بهار kevätsiivous grand nettoyage de printemps נִיקָיוֹן יְסוֹדִי वसंत की सफाई proljetno čišćenje tavaszi nagytakarítás pembersihan menyeluruh vorhreingerning pulizie di primavera, 大掃除 봄 맞이 대청소 pavasarinis švarinimasis pavasara tīrīšana pembersihan voorjaarsschoonmaakvårreingjørin...
    etc especially
24. 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
25. the season of spring. lentetyd فَصل الرَّبيع пролетен сезон primavera jaro das Frühjahr forårstid άνοιξη kevad kevätkausi printempsאביב वसन्त ऋतु proljeće tavasz musim semi vor primavera 春 봄철 pavasaris pavasaris musim bunga lentetijd vårenwiosnaprimavera pri­mă­vară весна; весенняя пора jar pomlad proleće vår ฤดูใบไม้ผลิ ilkbahar mevsimi 春季 весіння пора موسم بہار thời kì mùa xuân 春季
26. Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
    countable, uncountable
27. A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
    countable, uncountable
28. to develop or appear suddenly. New buildings are springing up everywhere. verskyn يَظْهَر، يَتَطَوَّر изниквам surgir objevit se hochschießen skyde op ξεπηδώ, ξεφυτρώνω (esile) kerkima ناگهان ظاهر شدن nousta esiin surgir brusquement לַצוּץ तेजी से उभरना iskočiti, naglo se pojaviti kinő (a földből) muncul skjótast upp, birtast skyndilega spuntare 生じる 우후죽순처럼 생겨나다 dygti, kilti uzrasties; parādīties dibina omhoogschieten skyte opp, dukke plutselig fram, sprette opp wyskakiwać surgir a apă­rea, a ...
29. The rising of the sea at high tide.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
30. To move upward or forward in a single quick motion or a series of such motions; leap: The goat sprang over the log.
31. Ellipsis of spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
32. To move suddenly, especially because of being resilient or moved by a spring: I let the branch spring forward. The door sprang shut.
33. 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.
    countable, uncountable
34. To start doing something suddenly: The firefighters sprang into action.
35. A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
    countable, uncountable
36. 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.
    countable, uncountable
37. A race, a lineage.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
38. A youth.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
39. A shoot, a young tree.
    countable, uncountable
40. A grove of trees; a forest.
    countable, uncountable
41. An erection of the penis.
    countable, slang
42. A crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or (rare) a plank or seam.
    countable, obsolete
43. Springiness: an attribute or quality of springing, springing up, or springing back, particularly
    countable, uncountable
44. Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
    countable, uncountable
45. Elastic energy, power, or force.
    countable, uncountable
46. The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
    countable
47. Something which causes others or another to spring forth or spring into action, particularly
    countable, uncountable
48. A cause, a motive, etc.
    countable, uncountable
49. A lively piece of music.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.”

“You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.”

“The spring issue will be out next week.”

“...and it came to passe about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house...”

“O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day.”

“Arab Spring”

“Prague Spring”

“This beer was brewed with pure spring water.”

“We jumped so hard the bed springs broke.”

“He had warped round with the springs on his cable, and had recommenced his fire upon the Aurora.”

“You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much.”

“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.”

“‘Springs’ are the ropes used on a ship that is alongside a berth to prevent fore and aft movements.”

“A spar is said to be sprung, when it is cracked or split,... and the crack is called a spring.”

“the spring of a bow”

“Heav'ns what a spring was in his Arm, to throw: How high he held his Shield, and rose at ev'ry blow!”

“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.”

“As wel the singers as the players on instruments shall bee there: all my springs are in thee.”

“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.”

“[…] discover, at least in some degree, the secret springs and principles, by which the human mind is actuated in its operations?”

“‘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.’”

“Our Author ſhuns by vulgar Springs to move / The Hero's Glory, or the Virgin's Love; […]”

“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”

“There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties.”

“[T]he Regent’s park was full of winter chirruppings and sweet with Spring odours.”

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