Defenition of the word spring

Defenition of the word spring
- A place where ground water flows naturally from a rock or the soil onto the land surface or into a body of surface water.
- Traditionally the first of the four seasons, the season of growth with an ever increasing amount of daytime.
- A mechanical device made of flexible material that exerts force when it is bent.
- A place where water emerges from the ground.
- To spring away from an impact.
- spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"
- develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape"
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
- a light springing movement upwards or forwards
- a metal device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed; "the spring was broken"
- a point at which water issues forth
- develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak"
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving"
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang a new haircut on his wife"
- a natural flow of ground water
- occurring in or appropriate to the season of spring; "spring rains"; "springtime activities"
- the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year"
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed; "the spring was broken"
- spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- the season of growth
- develop suddenly
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- develop into a distinctive entity

Synonyms for the word spring

- bounce
- bound
- coil
- elasticity
- flexibility
- form
- fountain
- give
- helix
- jump
- launch yourself
- leap
- leaping
- mechanism
- movement
- natural spring
- outflow
- outpouring
- pounce
- rebound
- recoil
- ricochet
- skip
- spiral
- springiness
- springtime
- take a hop
- take form
- take shape

Similar words in the spring

- bestride
- climb on
- get on
- hop on
- jump
- jump on
- jump out
- leap out
- mount
- mount up
- spring
- springboard
- springboard's
- springboards
- springfield
- springfield's
- springier
- springiest
- springiness
- springiness's
- springing's
- springlike
- springsteen
- springsteen's
- springtime
- springtime's
- springy
- stand out
- vernal

Meronymys for the word spring

- Apr
- April
- June
- Mar
- March
- March equinox
- May
- spring equinox
- vernal equinox

Hyponyms for the word spring

- bead
- bedspring
- bounce
- bound
- bound off
- burst
- caper
- capriole
- carom
- coil spring
- curvet
- Fountain of Youth
- galumph
- geyser
- glance
- head
- hop
- hop-skip
- hot spring
- kick
- kick back
- leaf spring
- leapfrog
- mainspring
- overleap
- pounce
- pronk
- rebound
- recoil
- regenerate
- resile
- reverberate
- ricochet
- saltate
- ski jump
- skip
- spiral spring
- spring
- take a hop
- thermal spring
- vault
- volute spring

Hypernyms for the word spring

- acquire
- become
- beginning
- bound
- break
- bring on
- bring out
- declare
- develop
- disclose
- discover
- divulge
- elastic device
- elasticity
- expose
- formation
- geological formation
- geology
- get
- give away
- grow
- impart
- jump
- jumping
- leap
- let on
- let out
- move
- origin
- produce
- reveal
- root
- rootage
- season
- snap
- source
- spring
- surname
- time of year
- unwrap

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Words in other languages

English: Hello
Russian: Привет
France: Bonjour
Spanish: Hola
Dautch: Guten Aben