spring

Definitions of spring in various dictionaries:

noun - the season of growth

noun - a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed

noun - a natural flow of ground water

noun - a point at which water issues forth

noun - the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

noun - a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

verb - move forward by leaps and bounds

verb - develop into a distinctive entity

verb - spring back

verb - develop suddenly

verb - produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly

To move upward or forward in a single quick motion or a series of such motions; leap.

To move suddenly on or as if on a spring: The door sprang shut.

To appear or come into being quickly: New businesses were springing up rapidly.

To issue or emerge suddenly: A cry sprang from her lips.

To extend or curve upward, as an arch.

To arise from a source; develop.

To become warped, split, or cracked.

To move out of place; come loose, as parts of a mechanism.

To pay another’s expenses: He said he would spring for the dinner.

To cause to leap, dart, or come forth suddenly.

To jump over; vault.

To release from a checked or inoperative position; actuate: spring a trap.

To cause to warp, split, or crack, as a mast.

To bend by force.

To present or disclose unexpectedly or suddenly: “He sprung on the world this novel approach to political journalism” (Curtis Wilkie).

To cause to be released from prison or other confinement.

An elastic device, such as a coil of wire, that regains its original shape after being compressed or extended.

An actuating force or factor; a motive.

Elasticity; resilience.

Energetic bounce: a spring to one’s step.

The act or an instance of jumping or leaping.

A usually rapid return to normal shape after removal of stress; recoil.

A small stream of water flowing naturally from the earth.

A source, an origin, or a beginning.

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.

A time of growth and renewal.

A warping, bending, or cracking, as that caused by excessive force.

The point at which an arch or a vault rises from its support.

Of or acting like a spring; resilient.

Having or supported by springs: a spring mattress.

Of, having to do with, occurring in, or appropriate to the season of spring: spring showers; spring planting.

Grown during the season of spring: spring crops.

verb - to move upward suddenly and swiftly