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Spring

noun

1.

The season of growth. Synonym: springtime. "He will hold office until the spring of next year"

2.

A metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed.

3.

A natural flow of ground water. Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outflow, outpouring.

4.

A point at which water issues forth.

5.

The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length. Synonyms: give, springiness.

6.

A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards. Synonyms: bounce, bound, leap, leaping, saltation.

verb

(past sprang; past part. sprung; pres. part. springing)

1.

Move forward by leaps and bounds. Synonyms: bound, jump, leap. "The child leapt across the puddle" , "Can you jump over the fence?"

2.

Develop into a distinctive entity. Synonyms: form, take form, take shape.

3.

Spring back; spring away from an impact. Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, take a hop. "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

4.

Develop suddenly.

5.

Produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.

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"Spring" Quotes from Famous Books

... prahu, I do not care for a prolonged exposure to the sun, but often I photographed for three or four hours continuously—really hard work—in the blazing light of the equatorial sun, without experiencing any disagreeable effect. In the spring of 1910 I travelled in this way for three months, mostly on horseback, through the Sonora Desert, and felt stronger for it. It is my opinion that overfatigue, excess in eating, or alcohol are the causes ...

— Through Central Borneo: - An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters - Between the Years 1913 and 1917 • Carl Lumholtz

... was the now famous Nat Turner. Brooding over the wrongs of his race for several years, he conceived that he was the divinely appointed agent to redress them. He was cast in the mould of those rude heroes, who spring out of the sides of oppression as isolated trees will sometimes grow out of clefts in a mountain. With his yearning to deliver his people, there mingled not a little religious frenzy and superstition. ...

— William Lloyd Garrison - The Abolitionist • Archibald H. Grimke

... see that the merchant was thoroughly aroused. His face was pale with anger, and the look he cast upon me was one of bitter resentment. For the instant he eyed me as if he intended to spring upon me and choke the life out of my body, and involuntarily I shrank back. But then I recollected that the minions of the law who stood beside me would not allow such a course of procedure, and this ...

— True to Himself • Edward Stratemeyer

... spring the young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love," she remarked, with the ...

— The Prophet of Berkeley Square • Robert Hichens

... Already they partook with their mothers the cares of the household. As soon as the cry of the wakeful cock announced the first beam of the morning, Virginia arose, and hastened to draw water from a neighbouring spring; then returning to the house, she prepared the breakfast. When the rising sun lighted up the points of those rocks which overhang this enclosure, Margaret and her child went to the dwelling of Madame de la Tour, and they offered up together their morning ...

— Paul and Virginia • Bernardin de Saint Pierre

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