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      spring
      noun
      (countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
      (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.
      (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.
      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.
      (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.
      (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.
      A census-designated place in Harris County, Texas, United States.
      (countable) A surname.
      (oceanography) Ellipsis of 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.]
      (oceanography, obsolete) The rising of the sea at high tide.
      (countable, nautical, obsolete) A crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or (rare) a plank or seam.
      (obsolete, music) A lively piece of music.
      verb
      (intransitive) To move or burst forth.
      To appear.
      To grow, to sprout.
      (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
      (transitive) To cause to spring (all senses).
      (of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
      (transitive) To leap over.
      (intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
      (ambitransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
      To come upon and flush out.
      (Australia, slang) To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
      To tell, to share.
      (transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an 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.
      (ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
      (of animals) To find or get enough food during springtime.
      (intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere.
      (UK dialectal) To mature.
      (intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
      (obsolete) To rise in social position or military rank, to be promoted.
      (obsolete, of horses) To breed with, to impregnate.
      (transitive, obsolete) To wet, to moisten.
      (obsolete, military) To go off.
      (obsolete) To begin.
      (obsolete, slang) To put bad money into circulation.
      (intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
      (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, of rattles, archaic) To sound, to play.
      (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain. [(transitive, obsolete) To hold tightly, to clasp.]
      (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]
      Synonyms for spring
      springtimenupspringprimaveraspringlikeadjsummernmainspringnautumnnheadspringnhairspringnvernaladjwinternspringheadsummerlyadvspringinessnsummeryadjbedspringnmidsummernautumnaladjmidwinternfountainnhiemaladj
      Words related to spring
      springletsprangvinnerspringvernallyadvisotheresprungvsummertimenisocheimwintertimenseasonnwintertideestivaladjfallnestivatevspringhousesemesternbloomnabloomadjoverwinterv

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