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US
/ˈspɹɪŋ, spɝˈɪŋ/
]
[ UK /spɹˈɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /spɹˈɪŋ/ ]
VERB
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spring back; spring away from an impact
The rubber ball bounced
These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide -
move forward by leaps and bounds
The horse bounded across the meadow
The child leapt across the puddle
Can you jump over the fence? -
develop suddenly
The tire sprang a leak -
produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving -
develop into a distinctive entity
our plans began to take shape
NOUN
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- a natural flow of ground water
- a point at which water issues forth
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
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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 -
a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
the spring was broken
How To Use spring In A Sentence
- Frogs and newts have already been attracted to three new natural spring ponds at Abbey Meads School.
- The plateau is 1300 meters above sea level and attracts people for its natural beauties, clean weather, and cold spring water. Archive 2009-05-01
- And, yes, the otherwise companionless apartment smelled like love for a few weeks each spring. The Orangery
- Yea, we see in that wailing infant of a week, the outspringing of an immortal spirit which may soon hover on cherub-pinion around the throne of God, or perhaps, in a few years, sink to the regions of untold anguish. The Christian Home
- Some spring from immediately below the earth, and may more properly be termed suckers; the others grow on the visible part of the stem or caudex, often close to the oldest leaves; these should be cut off with a sharp knife, in early summer, and if they have a little of the parent bark attached to them all the better. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
- Dustin Archibald, 21, of Denham Springs surrendered to Livingston Parish sheriff's deputies on Thursday. Louisiana Trail-Cam Thief Says He Was Protecting Deer
- The debut in spring 2006 of HBO's television series, Big Love, which featured a fictional and in some ways likeable polygamous family in Utah, propelled polygamy to the front pages of American newspapers and put the idea of legalized polygamy "in play" in some surprising quarters. Elizabeth Marquardt: Get Ready for Group Marriage
- The roadsides sparkled with coreopsis, crimson clover, vetch, spring beauties, and other gem-like blooms.
- Especially the flowerage of spring time, with its many wild flowers and the rows of fruit trees along the fairways, make even the most ambitious golf player stop and contemplate nature's dazzling beauty.
- In March 1525, the king recalled Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, from his role as justiciar of North Wales and, in south Wales, the long-time crown agent, Sir Rhys ap Thomas, had died in the spring. 66 This household was to have a profound effect on Mary's political status and composition of future households. 67 From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558
