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v., sprang (sprăng) or sprung (sprŭng), sprung, spring·ing, springs.

v.intr.

1. To move upward or forward in a single quick motion or a series of such motions; leap.
2. To move suddenly on or as if on a spring: The door sprang shut. The emergency room team sprang into action.
3. To appear or come into being quickly: New businesses were springing up rapidly. See synonyms at stem¹.
4. To issue or emerge suddenly: A cry sprang from her lips. A thought springs to mind.
5. To extend or curve upward, as an arch.
6. To arise from a source; develop.
7. To become warped, split, or cracked. Used of wood.
8. To move out of place; come loose, as parts of a mechanism.
9. Slang. To pay another's expenses: He offered to spring for the dinner.

v.tr.

1. To cause to leap, dart, or come forth suddenly.
2. To jump over; vault.
3. To release from a checked or inoperative position; actuate: spring a trap.
4. 1. To cause to warp, split, or crack, as a mast.
   2. To bend by force.
5. To present or disclose unexpectedly or suddenly: “He sprung on the world this novel approach to political journalism” (Curtis Wilkie).
6. Slang. To cause to be released from prison or other confinement.

n.

1. An elastic device, such as a coil of wire, that regains its original shape after being compressed or extended.
2. An actuating force or factor; a motive.
3. 1. Elasticity; resilience.
   2. Energetic bounce: a spring to one's step.
4. The act or an instance of jumping or leaping.
5. A usually rapid return to normal shape after removal of stress; recoil.
6. A small stream of water flowing naturally from the earth.
7. A source, origin, or beginning.
8. 1. The season of the year, occurring between winter and summer, during which the weather becomes warmer and plants revive, extending in the Northern Hemisphere from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice and popularly considered to comprise March, April, and May.
   2. A time of growth and renewal.
9. A warping, bending, or cracking, as that caused by excessive force.
10. Architecture. The point at which an arch or vault rises from its support.

adj.

1. Of or acting like a spring; resilient.
2. Having or supported by springs: a spring mattress.
3. 1. Of, relating to, occurring in, or appropriate to the season of spring: spring showers; spring planting.
   2. Grown during the season of spring: spring crops.

[Middle English springen, from Old English springan. N., Middle English springe, from Old English spring, wellspring.]

verb

1. To move off the ground by a muscular effort of the legs and feet: hurdle, jump, leap, vault². See move/halt, rise/fall.
2. To bound lightly: hop, skip, skitter, trip. See move/halt.
3. To move in a lively way: bounce, bound¹, jump, leap. See move/halt.
4. To have as a source: arise, come, derive, emanate, flow, issue, originate, proceed, rise, stem, upspring. See start/end.
5. To have hereditary derivation: derive, descend, issue. Idioms: trace one's descent. See kin.
6. To set at liberty: discharge, emancipate, free, liberate, loose, manumit, release. Idioms: let loose. See free/unfree.

noun

1. The quality or state of being flexible: bounce, ductility, elasticity, flexibility, flexibleness, give, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, springiness, suppleness. Obsolete flexure. See flexible/rigid.
2. The act of jumping: jump, leap, vault². See move/halt, rise/fall.
3. A light bounding movement: hop, skip. See move/halt.
4. A sudden lively movement: bounce, bound¹, jump, leap. See move/halt.
5. A point of origination: beginning, derivation, fount, fountain, fountainhead, mother, origin, parent, provenance, provenience, root¹, rootstock, source, well¹. See start/end.
6. A basis for an action or a decision: cause, ground (often used in plural), motivation, motive, reason. See start/end.
7. The initial stage of a developmental process: beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, opening, origin, outset, start. See start/end.
8. The season of the year during which the weather becomes warmer and plants revive: seedtime, springtide, springtime. See time.
9. The time of life between childhood and maturity: adolescence, greenness, juvenescence, juvenility, puberty, salad days, youth, youthfulness. See youth/age/maturity.

adjective

Of, occurring in, or characteristic of the season of spring: vernal. See time.

n

Definition: origin
Antonyms: end, result

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1. An elastic body or device (such as a spirally wound metal coil) which stores mechanical energy when it is compressed and imparts this energy when it recovers its shape.
2. See springing.
3. See crook, 1.

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IN BRIEF: To jump up quickly. Also: The season of the year after winter.

I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden. — Ruth Stout, American author of Gardening Without Work.

Quotes:

"April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain." - T. S. Eliot

"Nothing is so beautiful as spring -- when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing." - Gerard Manley Hopkins

"For like as herbs and trees bringing forth fruit and flourish in May, in likewise every lusty heart that is in any manner a lover, springeth and flourisheth in lusty deeds." - Sir Thomas Malory

"Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May." - William Shakespeare

"Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!" - Wallace Stevens

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - springe, fare, revne, knække, slå sig, spire, skyde op, dukke op
v. tr. - springe, fare, revne, knække, slå sig, spire, skyde op, dukke op, komme frem med, affjedre
n. - forår, vår, spring, fjeder, kilde, bæk, revne
adj. - springe

idioms:

• no spring chicken    ikke nogen vårhare
• spring a leak    springe læk
• spring fever    forårsfornemmelser
• spring greens    skud fra kålplanter
• spring into action    skride i aktion
• spring onion    forårsløg
• spring roll    forårsrulle
• spring tide    springflod
• spring to life    opstå
• spring to mind    falde en ind
• spring water    kildevand

Nederlands (Dutch)
(spring)veer, bron, lente, sprong, veerkracht, springen, (terug-/op-)veren, groeien, plotseling doen, lente-, voorjaars-

Français (French)
v. intr. - sauter, bondir, s'ouvrir/se fermer brusquement, naître de, venir de
v. tr. - déclencher, faire sauter, commencer à, annoncer (qch) de but en blanc, aider (qn) à faire la belle (fam), libérer (un prisonnier), lever (à la chasse)
n. - printemps, (Tech) ressort, bond, élasticité, source (d'eau)
adj. - de printemps, printanier

idioms:

• no spring chicken    (ne plus être) tout jeune
• spring a leak    commencer à faire eau (un bateau), se mettre à fuir (un tuyau)
• spring fever    fièvre printanière
• spring greens    (GB, Culin) choux de printemps
• spring into action    passer à l'action
• spring onion    (GB, Culin) ciboule
• spring roll    (Culin) rouleau de printemps
• spring tide    (Naut, Météo) grande marée, marée de vive eau, printemps (littér)
• spring to life    naître, surgir
• spring to mind    venir à l'esprit
• spring water    eau de source

Deutsch (German)
n. - Feder, Elastizität, Zurückschnellen, Quelle, Frühling, Sprung
v. - springen, keimen, auslösen
adj. - Frühlings-, Feder-

idioms:

• no spring chicken    (nicht mehr) der/die Jüngste
• spring a leak    leckschlagen
• spring fever    Frühjahrsmüdigkeit
• spring greens    Frühkohl
• spring into action    in Aktion treten
• spring onion    Frühlingszwiebel
• spring roll    Frühlingsrolle
• spring tide    Frühlingszeit
• spring to life    plötzlich zum Leben erwachen, plötzlich anspringen
• spring to mind    jmdm. einfallen
• spring water    Quellwasser

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άνοιξη, άλμα, αναπήδηση, ελαστικότητα, ικανότητα αναπήδησης, πηγή, νερομάνα, σούστα, έλασμα σούστας, (μτφ.) αφετηρία, προέλευση, νεότητα, (αρχιτ.) γένεση καμπύλης, (μηχαν.) ελατήριο
v. - (ανα)πηδώ, εκτινάσσομαι, εφορμώ, μουντάρω, (ξε)πετάγομαι, ξεφυτρώνω, αναβλύζω, (εκ)πηγάζω, προέρχομαι, κατάγομαι, (για θήραμα) ξεπετάω, σηκώνω, (καθομ.) ξοδεύω (χρήματα)
adj. - ανοιξιάτικος, ελατηριωτός, με σούστες

idioms:

• no spring chicken    (καθομ.) μιας κάποιας ηλικίας
• spring a leak    κάνω/μπάζω νερά
• spring fever    ανοιξιάτικη νωθρότητα
• spring greens    λαχανόφυλλα
• spring into action    αναλαμβάνω δράση
• spring onion    φρέσκο κρεμμύδι
• spring roll    γεμιστό, τηγανητό πιτάκι (μεζές της κινέζικης κουζίνας)
• spring tide    παλίρροια των συζυγιών
• spring to life    ζωντανεύω
• spring to mind    μου έρχεται στο νου
• spring water    νερό πηγής

Italiano (Italian)
saltare, molla, sorgente, primavera, salto, primaverile

idioms:

• (no) spring chicken    pollastrello
• spring a leak    aprire una falla
• spring fever    febbre del fieno
• spring greens    cavoletti
• spring into action    entrare in azione
• spring onion    cipollina
• spring roll    eggroll
• spring tide    alta marea massima
• spring to life    entrare in funzione
• spring to mind    venire in mente
• spring water    acqua di sorgente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - primavera (f), fonte (f), salto (m), mola (f), motivo (m), elasticidade (f)
v. - jorrar, nascer, resultar de, descender
adj. - de primavera

idioms:

• (no) spring chicken    que não é mais jovem
• spring a leak    fazer água
• spring fever    desejo súbito de fazer coisas novas
• spring greens    o verde da primavera
• spring into action    entrar em ação
• spring onion    cebola verde
• spring roll    rolinho primavera (Culin.)
• spring tide    maré de grande amplitude
• spring to life    tornar-se ativo subitamente
• spring to mind    vir à mente
• spring water    água de fonte

Русский (Russian)
прыжок, разбег, живость, родник, трещина, происхождение, пружина, упругость, причина, весна, прыгать, бросаться, вскакивать, появляться, вытекать, приводить в действие, весенний, молодой

idioms:

• (no) spring chicken    молодой/"не первой молодости"
• spring a leak    давать течь
• spring fever    "весенняя лихорадка", сенная лихорадка, весеннее томление
• spring greens    молодая капуста
• spring into action    внезапно начать действовать
• spring onion    зеленый лук
• spring roll    фаршированный блинчик
• spring tide    весенняя пора, весеннее половодье, вешние воды, бурный прилив (чувств), подъем, рост
• spring to life    внезапно ожить
• spring to mind     приходить в голову
• spring water    ключевая вода

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - saltar, brincar, lanzarse, arrojarse, precipitarse, abalanzarse, surgir, brotar, manar, dimanar, provenir, nacer, crecer, salir, emerger, aparecer, elevarse, levantarse, subir, arrancar (un arco), ser elástico, moverse como por resorte, torcerse, estallar (una mina), romperse
v. tr. - hacer saltar, levantar (la caza), hacer brotar, sacar, presentar, anunciar, soltar un resorte, torcer, alabear, forzar, romper, rajar, hacer estallar, saltar, dar, gastar, emborrachar, construir
n. - resorte, fuente, manantial, primavera, salto, bote, brinco
adj. - de primavera, primaveral, de fuente o manantial

idioms:

• no spring chicken    persona que ya pasó su juventud
• spring a leak    empezar a hacer agua
• spring fever    sensación de rejuvenecimiento, modorra o pereza primaveral, desasosiego
• spring greens    hojas de repollo o col de un tipo específico
• spring into action    activarse de un golpe
• spring onion    los tallos de la cebolla verde
• spring roll    rollo de primavera
• spring tide    aguas vivas, marea viva
• spring to life    volver a la vida
• spring to mind    venir a la mente, ocurrir de repente
• spring water    agua de manantial, agua mineral

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vår, språng, hopp, fjäder, källa, återstudsning, uppkomst, fjädring
v. - hoppa, rinna, spruta, spira, skjuta upp, komma upp, uppstå, härröra, bräckas, utlösa
adj. - fjäder-, vår-, språng-

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
跳, 跃, 飞快地行动, 弹起, 反弹, 弹开, 突然出现, 涌现, 使弹起, 使弹开, 突然提出, 使弹成某种状况, 使裂开, 春天, 跳跃, 弹簧, 春天的

idioms:

• no spring chicken    不是不经世故的人
• spring a leak    生漏缝
• spring fever    春天懒洋洋, 春倦症
• spring greens    嫩洋白菜
• spring into action    开始运转, 迅速行动
• spring onion    大葱
• spring roll    春卷
• spring tide    满潮, 高潮
• spring to life    开始运转, 迅速行动
• spring to mind    突然想到
• spring water    泉水

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 跳, 躍, 飛快地行動, 彈起, 反彈, 彈開, 突然出現, 湧現
v. tr. - 使彈起, 使彈開, 突然提出, 使彈成某種狀況, 使裂開
n. - 春天, 跳躍, 彈簧
adj. - 春天的

idioms:

• no spring chicken    不是不經世故的人
• spring a leak    生漏縫
• spring fever    春天懶洋洋, 春倦症
• spring greens    嫩洋白菜
• spring into action    開始運轉, 迅速行動
• spring onion    大蔥
• spring roll    春捲
• spring tide    滿潮, 高潮
• spring to life    開始運轉, 迅速行動
• spring to mind    突然想到
• spring water    泉水

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 도약하다, 날이 새다, (눈물, 피 따위가) 갑자기 흘러 나오다
v. tr. - (용수철 따위를) 튀게 하다, (자동차 등에) 스프링을 달다, (의견, 새 학설 따위를) 느닷없이 제시하다
n. - 용수철, 근원, 도약
adj. - 봄의, 용수철 장치의, 샘에서 나오는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 春, 青春期, 跳ぶこと, 泉, 源泉, ばね, 張り
v. - 跳ぶ, 跳ねる, 跳び越える, はじく, 跳ね返らせる, 一躍…になる, 突然現れる, 急に浮かぶ, 生ずる, 出である, わき出る, 割れる

idioms:

• (no) spring chicken    青二才(でない)
• spring a leak    漏れ口ができる
• spring fever    春先のものうさ
• spring greens    新緑
• spring into action    活気づく
• spring onion    ネギ
• spring roll    春巻
• spring tide    大潮
• spring to life    活気づく
• spring to mind    思いつく
• spring to/roar into life    活気づく
• spring water    清水

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فصل الربيع, عين, ينبوع, قفزة, وثبه, نابض, زنبرك, نابضيه (فعل) قفز, وثب, تحدر من, طلع, نبع, نشأ, ارتد (صفه) ربيعي, نابضي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮קפץ, ניתר, נוצר, נולד, הופיע, נבע, בא, צמח, צץ, נסדק‬
v. tr. - ‮סדק, הביא לפתע, הוציא כסף, שחרר מהכלא‬
n. - ‮קפיצה, ניתור, מעיין, מקור, מוצא, קפיץ, קפיציות, גמישות, אביב‬
adj. - ‮אביבי, קפיצי‬

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