spring
Other forms: sprang; springs; sprung; springing; springed
There's nothing like sitting on a sharp tack to make you spring out of your chair. The verb spring means to leap or bounce up suddenly.
When you spring, you jump abruptly. In fact, your body acts like another definition of spring, "a coil of metal that bounces back when pushed." The Old English springan, "to leap, burst forth, or fly up," is the root of spring, and most uses of the word are clearly connected to that origin. Even when an idea springs to mind, or you spring bad news on someone, the thoughts seem to leap forward.
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move forward by leaps and boundstypes:pronkjump straight upbounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, take a hopspring back; spring away from an impactburstmove suddenly, energetically, or violentlybounceleap suddenlycaprioleperform a capriole, of horses in dressagegalumphmove around heavily and clumsilyski jumpjump on skissaltateleap or skip, often in dancingvaultbound vigorouslyleapfrogjump acrosscurvetperform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horsecaperjump about playfullyhopmake a jump forward or upwardcaromrebound after hittinghurdlejump a hurdletype of:movemove so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
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spring back; spring away from an impact
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a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
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the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original lengthsynonyms: give, springinesstype of:elasticity, snapthe tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
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a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed“the spring was broken”types:bedspring(usually plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bedleaf springlong narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed togethermainspringthe most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanismspiral springa spring that is wound like a spiralbox springa coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with clothhairspringa fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiecetype of:elastic deviceany flexible device that will return to its original shape when stretched
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produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
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develop suddenly
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develop into a distinctive entitysynonyms: form, take form, take shapetypes:regeneratebe formed or shaped anewtype of:becomecome into existence
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a natural flow of ground watersynonyms: fountain, natural spring, outflow, outpouringtypes:Fountain of Youtha fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young againgeysera spring that discharges hot water and steamtype of:
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a point at which water issues forth
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the season of growth“the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring”“he will hold office until the spring of next year”synonyms: springtimetype of:season, time of yearone of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
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Physical geography will be a breeze once you master this list of terms related to Earth's physical features. You'll review climate and weather, landforms and bodies of water, biomes and ecosystems, and the geological structure of the Earth — and that's just the tip of the iceberg!
