name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Standard Lemma guide
spring
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/spɹɪŋ/
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: sprĭng
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspɹɪŋ/
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈspɹwɪŋ]
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/ˈspɹiŋ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
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[ˈspɹwiŋ] Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
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Australian: /ˈspɹɪ̝ŋ/
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Australian: [ˈspɹwɪ̝ŋ]
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rhymes with -ɪŋ
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name
Meaning 2
A census-designated place in Harris County, Texas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
Alternative form of spring, the season of warmth and new vegetation following winter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 5
The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.
- You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.
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Synonyms: springtime
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
Examples
- Chinese New Year always occurs in January or February but is called the "Spring Festival" throughout East Asia because it is reckoned as the beginning of their spring.
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Synonyms: springtime
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
Examples
- I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.
- The spring issue will be out next week.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: springtime
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
a period of political liberalization and democratization
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
Examples
- Arab Spring
- Prague Spring
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noun
Meaning 10
Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: fashion, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 11
Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
Examples
- This beer was brewed with pure spring water.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fount, source
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
The rising of the sea at high tide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: geography, natural-sciences, oceanography
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noun
Meaning 13
Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
Ellipsis of spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Topics: geography, natural-sciences, oceanography
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: neap tide
noun
Meaning 14
Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
An elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- We jumped so hard the bed springs broke.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 15
Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 16
Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
Examples
- You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 17
Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
A race, a lineage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 18
Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
A youth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 19
Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
A shoot, a young tree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 20
Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
A grove of trees; a forest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 21
An erection of the penis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang
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noun
Meaning 22
A crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or (rare) a plank or seam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 23
Springiness: an attribute or quality of springing, springing up, or springing back, particularly
Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- the spring of a bow
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bounce, bounciness, elasticity, resilience, springiness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 24
Springiness: an attribute or quality of springing, springing up, or springing back, particularly
Elastic energy, power, or force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 25
The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: impetus, impulse
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 26
Something which causes others or another to spring forth or spring into action, particularly
A cause, a motive, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 27
Something which causes others or another to spring forth or spring into action, particularly
A lively piece of music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 28
To move or burst forth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The boat sprang a leak and began to sink.
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verb
Meaning 29
To move or burst forth.
To appear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 30
To move or burst forth.
To grow, to sprout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 31
To move or burst forth.
To grow, to sprout.
To mature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 32
To move or burst forth.
To arise, to come into existence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: arise, form, take shape
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 33
To move or burst forth.
To enliven.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive, sometimes
Examples
- He hit the gas and the car sprang to life.
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 34
To move or burst forth.
To move with great speed and energy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive, usually
Examples
- Deer spring with their hind legs, using their front hooves to steady themselves.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bound, jump, leap
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 35
To move or burst forth.
To be born, descend, or originate from
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, usually
Examples
- He sprang from peasant stock.
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verb
Meaning 36
To move or burst forth.
To rise in social position or military rank, to be promoted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 37
To cause to spring (all senses).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 38
To cause to spring (all senses).
To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He sprang the trap.
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verb
Meaning 39
To leap over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 40
To breed with, to impregnate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 41
To wet, to moisten.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 42
To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 43
To go off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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verb
Meaning 44
To crack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, perfective, usually
Topics: nautical, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 45
To come upon and flush out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 46
To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 47
To begin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 48
To put bad money into circulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 49
To tell, to share.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Sorry to spring it on you like this but I've been offered another job.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 50
To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang, transitive
Examples
- His lieutenants hired a team of miners to help spring him.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: free, let out, release, spring loose, jailbreak
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 51
To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, rare, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 52
To secure a person's release from custody; to free or bail out of jail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 53
To build, to form the initial curve of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: architecture
Examples
- They sprung an arch over the lintel.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 54
To extend, to curve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: architecture
Examples
- The arches spring from the front posts.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 55
To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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verb
Meaning 56
To pay or spend a certain sum, to yield.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 57
To raise an offered price.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete, slang
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verb
Meaning 58
Alternative form of sprain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 59
Alternative form of strain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 60
To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 61
To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 62
to inspire, to motivate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, obsolete, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 63
To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Examples
- A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
- He sprang in the slat.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 64
To swell with milk or pregnancy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 65
To sound, to play.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 66
To find or get enough food during springtime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 67
To spend the springtime somewhere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 68
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leap, leaping, saltation, bound, bounce
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: jump, jumping
Narrower terms: caper, capriole, pounce
noun
Meaning 69
a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the spring was broken
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: elastic device
Narrower terms: bedspring, coil spring, volute spring, leaf spring, mainspring, spiral spring
noun
Meaning 70
the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: give, springiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: elasticity, snap
noun
Meaning 71
a point at which water issues forth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
noun
Meaning 72
a natural flow of ground water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geological formation, formation
Narrower terms: Fountain of Youth, geyser, hot spring, thermal spring
noun
Meaning 73
the season of growth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring
- he will hold office until the spring of next year
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: springtime
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: season, time of year
verb
Meaning 74
develop suddenly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The tire sprang a leak
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
verb
Meaning 75
produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out
verb
Meaning 76
spring back; spring away from an impact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The rubber ball bounced
- These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bounce, resile, take a hop, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: jump, leap, bound, spring
Narrower terms: kick back, recoil, kick, skip, bound off, carom
verb
Meaning 77
move forward by leaps and bounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The horse bounded across the meadow
- The child leapt across the puddle
- Can you jump over the fence?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jump, leap, bound
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
Narrower terms: pronk, bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, burst, capriole, galumph, ski jump, saltate, vault, leapfrog, overleap, curvet, hop, skip, hop-skip, caper
verb
Meaning 78
develop into a distinctive entity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- our plans began to take shape
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: form, take form, take shape
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: become
Narrower terms: regenerate
History
Etymology
From Middle English spryng (“a wellspring, tide, branch, sunrise, kind of dance or blow, ulcer, snare, flock”); partly from Old English spring (“wellspring, ulcer”), from Proto-West Germanic *spring, from Proto-Germanic *springaz (“a wellspring, fount”); and partly from Old English spryng (“a jump”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprungi, from Proto-Germanic *sprungiz (“a jump”). Further senses derived from the verb and from clippings of day-spring, springtime, spring tide, etc. Its sense as the season, first attested in a work predating 1325, gradually replaced Middle English lenten, lente, from Old English lencten (“spring, Lent”) as that word became more specifically liturgical. Compare fall.
From Middle English springen, from Old English springan (“to spring, leap, bounce, sprout forth, emerge, spread out”), from Proto-West Germanic *springan, from Proto-Germanic *springaną (“to burst forth”), from Proto-Indo-European *spre(n)ǵh- (“to move, race, spring”), from *sperǵh- (“to hurry”). Cognates * Saterland Frisian springe * West Frisian springe * Dutch springen * German Low German springen * German springen * Danish springe * Swedish springa * Norwegian springe * Faroese springa * Icelandic springa (“to burst, explode”). Other possible cognates include Lithuanian spreñgti (“to push (in)”), Old Church Slavonic прѧсти (pręsti, “to spin, to stretch”), Latin spargere (“to sprinkle, to scatter”), Ancient Greek σπέρχω (spérkhō, “to hasten”), Sanskrit स्पृहयति (spṛháyati, “to be eager”). Some newer senses derived from the noun.
Across languages
Translations
681 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abkhaz: ааԥын (aapən) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Abkhaz: ааҧын (aapən) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Abkhaz: ааԥынра (aapənra) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Abkhaz: ааҧынра (aapənra) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Afrikaans: lente — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Albanian: pranverë — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Southern Altai: јас (ǰas) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Amharic: ምንጭ (mənč̣) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Arabic: رَبِيع (rabīʕ) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Arabic: ربيع (rabīʕ) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Arabic: رَبيع (rabīʕ) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ݇ܢܝܼ̈ܣܵܢܹܐ (bīnīsane) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Classical Mandaic: ࡁࡄࡀࡓ (bhar) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Aramaic: ܬܸܕ݂ܐܵܐ (teḏʾāʾ) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Armenian: գարուն (garun) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Aromanian: primuvearã — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Aromanian: prumuvearã — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Assamese: বসন্ত (boxonto) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Asturian: primavera — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Atayal: ttungan abaw — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Avar: их (ix) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Azerbaijani: yaz — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Azerbaijani: bahar — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Bashkir: яҙ (yaź) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Basque: udaberri — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Belarusian: вясна́ (vjasná) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Belarusian: уве́сну (uvjésnu) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Belarusian: ўве́сну (wvjésnu) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Bengali: বসন্ত (bośonto) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Bengali: বাহার (bahar) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Bengali: নওবাহার (noōbahar) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Central Bikol: tagburakan — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Breton: nevezamzer — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Bulgarian: про́лет (prólet) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Burmese: နွေဦးပေါက် (nweu:pauk) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Burmese: နွေဦး (nweu:) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Burmese: နွေဦးရာသီ (nweu:rasi) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Burmese: ဝသန္တ (wa.santa.) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Burmese: ဝသန် (wa.san) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Buryat: хабар (xabar) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Carpathian Rusyn: ярь (jarʹ) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Catalan: primavera — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⴼⵙⵓⵜ (tafsut) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵍⴷⵔⴰⵔ (taldrar) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Chechen: бӏаьсте̄ (bˀästee) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Cherokee: ᎪᎨᏱ (gogeyi) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Chinese Cantonese: 春天 (ceon1 tin1) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Chinese: чунтян (čuntian) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Eastern Min Chinese: 春天 (chŭng-tiĕng) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Gan Chinese: 春天 ('cun1 tien1) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Hakka Chinese: 春天 (chhûn-thiên) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Chinese: 春 (chhun) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Chinese: 春天 (chhun-thin) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Jin Chinese: 春天 (cung1 tie1) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Chinese Mandarin: 春天 (chūntiān) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Chinese Mandarin: 春季 (chūnjì) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Northern Min Chinese: 春天 (ché̤ng-tíng) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Wu Chinese: 春天 (1tshen-thi) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Xiang Chinese: 春天 (qyn1 tienn1) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Chuvash: ҫуркунне (śurk̬unne) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Chuvash: ҫур (śur) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- West Circassian: гъатхэ (ğatxɛ) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Coptic: ⲉⲁⲣ (ear) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Cornish: gwenton — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Montagnais: shikuan — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Crimean Tatar: baar — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Czech: jaro — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Czech: (dated)/(poetic) vesna — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Danish: forår — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Danish: vår — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Dutch: lente — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Dutch: voorjaar — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Erzya: тундо (tundo) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Esperanto: printempo — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Estonian: kevad — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Even: нэгин (nəgin) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Evenki: ненңени — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Faroese: vár — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Finnish: kevät — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- French: printemps — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Old French: printans — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Saterland Frisian: Foarjier — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- West-Frisian: maaitiid — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- West-Frisian: maitiid — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- West-Frisian: foarjier — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Friulian: primevere — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Friulian: vierte — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Galician: primavera — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Georgian: გაზაფხული (gazapxuli) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- German: Frühling — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- German: Frühjahr — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- German: (dated)/(poetic) Lenz — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- German: Frühlingszeit — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- German: Frühjahrszeit — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- German: Früelig — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Greek: άνοιξη (ánoixi) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Greek: έαρ (éar) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Ancient Greek: ἔαρ (éar) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Greenlandic: upernaaq — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Greenlandic: upernâĸ — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Paraguayan Guarani: arapoty — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Paraguayan Guarani: arahaku ñepyrũ — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Paraguayan Guarani: arayvoty — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Gujarati: બસંત (basant) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Gurani: wehar — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Hebrew: אָבִיב (avív) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Hindi: बसंत (basant) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Hindi: वसंत (vasant) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Hindi: बहार (bahār) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Hungarian: tavasz — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Hunsrik: Frihling — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Icelandic: vor — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Ido: printempo — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Indonesian: musim semi — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Ingrian: kevät — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Ingush: бӏаьсти (bˀästi) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Interlingua: primavera — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Irish: earrach — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Italian: primavera — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Japanese: 春 (haru) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Japanese: 春季 (shunki) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Japanese: 春期 (shunki) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Jeju: 봄 (bom) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Kabyle: tafsut — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Kalmyk: хавр (xavr) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Kannada: ವಸಂತ (vasanta) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Karachay-Balkar: джаз (caz) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Karelian: kevät — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Kashmiri: سونٛتھ (sōnth) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Kashmiri: بَہار (bahār) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Kazakh: көктем (köktem) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Khakas: часхы (çasxı) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Khmer: ឧតុរាជ (ʼutoriəc) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Klamath-Modoc: sqo — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Komi-Permyak: тулыс (tulys) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Korean: 봄 (bom) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Korean: 춘계 (chun'gye) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Middle Korean: 봄〮 (pwóm) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Central Kurdish: بەھار (behar) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Northern Kurdish: bihar — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Kyrgyz: жаз (jaz) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Ladin: aisciöda — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Ladin: aisciuda — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Ladin: ansciuda — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Lao: ວະສັນ (wa san) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Lao: ວະສັນຕະ (wa san ta) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Lao: ວະສັນຕະຣະດູ (wa san ta ra dū) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Lao: ລະດູບານໃຫມ່ (la dū bān mai) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Latin: vēr — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Latvian: pavasaris — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Lezgi: гатфар (gatfar) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Ligurian: primmaveja — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Lithuanian: pavasaris — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Livonian: kievād — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Louisiana Creole: printem — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Low German: Fröhjohr — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Low German: Fröhjohrstiet — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Low German: Vörjohr — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Low German: Blöhtiet — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Luxembourgish: Fréijoer — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Macedonian: пролет (prolet) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Malagasy: lohataona — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Malay: musim semi — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Malay: musim bunga — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Brunei Malay: musim bunga — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Malayalam: വസന്തം (vasantaṁ) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Maltese: rebbiegħa — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Manchu: ᠨᡳᠶᡝᠩᠨᡳᠶᡝᡵᡳ (niyengniyeri) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Northern Mansi: тӯя̄ (tūâ̄) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Manx: Yn Arragh — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Māori: kōanga — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Māori: aroaromahana — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Marathi: बसन्त (basanta) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Eastern Mari: шошо (šošo) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Middle English: lenten — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Mingrelian: აფუნი (apuni) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Mirandese: primabera — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Mòcheno: langes — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Moksha: тунда (tunda) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Mongolian: хавар (xavar) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠪᠤᠷ (qabur) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Muong: mùa xân — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Muong: xân — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Khiamniungan Naga: mīulèih — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Nanai: ненгне (njeŋnje) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Navajo: daan — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Nivkh: ӿонф (honf) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Nogai: язлык (yazlık) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Norman: r'nouvé — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Norman: èrnouvé — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Norman: renouvé — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Norwegian Bokmål: vår — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vår — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Occitan: prima — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Odia: ବସନ୍ତ (basanta) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Southern Ohlone: tiusa pire — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Church Slavic: весна (vesna) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Old East Slavic: весна (vesna) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Old English: lencten — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Old Norse: vár — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Oromo: arfaasaa — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Ossetian: уалдзӕг (walʒæg) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Pannonian Rusyn: яр (jar) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Pashto: پسرلۍ (psarləy) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Dari: بَهَار (bahār) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Iranian Persian: بَهار (bahâr) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Plautdietsch: Farjoa — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Polabian: püzaimă — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Polish: wiosna — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Portuguese: primavera — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Punjabi: ਬਸੰਤ (basant) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Romani: primavara — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Romanian: primăvară — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Romansh: primavaira — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Russian: весна́ (vesná) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Northern Sami: giđđa — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Southern Sami: gïjre — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Sanskrit: कुसुमाकर (kusumākara) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Sanskrit: वसन्त (vasanta) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Sardinian: banau — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Sardinian: baranu — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Sardinian: benau — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Sardinian: beranu — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Sardinian: veranu — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Scots: voar — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Scottish Gaelic: earrach — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Serbo-Croatian: про̀леће — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Serbo-Croatian: про̀љеће — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Serbo-Croatian: пролиће — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Serbo-Croatian: пролитје — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Serbo-Croatian: pròleće — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Serbo-Croatian: pròljeće — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Serbo-Croatian: proliće — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Serbo-Croatian: prolitje — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Shor: часқы (çasqı) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Sicilian: primavera — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Sindhi: بَہارَ (bahāra) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Sinhalese: වසන්ත ඍතුව (wasanta r̥tuwa) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Slovak: jar — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Slovene: pomlád — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Somali: gu’ — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Lower Sorbian: nalěśe — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Lower Sorbian: nalěto — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Upper Sorbian: nalěćo — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Spanish: primavera — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Swahili: masika — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Swahili: bamvua — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Swahili: majira ya chipuko — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Swahili: kipindi cha demani — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Swedish: vår — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Tagalog: tagsibol — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Tajik: баҳор (bahor) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Talysh: əvəsor — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Tamil: இளவேனில் (iḷavēṉil) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Tamil: வசந்தம் (vacantam) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Tat: vasal — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Tatar: яз (yaz) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Tày: xuân — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Tày: bó — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Telugu: వసంత ఋతువు (vasanta r̥tuvu) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Telugu: పుష్పసమయము (puṣpasamayamu) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Thai: ใบไม้ผลิ (bai-máai-plì) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Thai: ฤดูใบไม้ผลิ (rʉ́-duu-bai-máai-plì) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Thai: หน้าใบไม้ผลิ (nâa-bai-máai-plì) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Tibetan: དཔྱིད་ཀ (dpyid ka) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Tlingit: khukalt'éex' ká — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Tokelauan: tau totogo — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Turkish: ilkbahar — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Turkish: bahar — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Turkish: ilkyaz — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Ottoman Turkish: بهار (bahar) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Turkmen: ýaz — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Turkmen: bahar — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Udi: жӏогъул (ž:oɣul) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Udmurt: тулыс (tulys) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Ukrainian: весна́ (vesná) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Ulch: неӈне — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Unami: sikòn — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Urdu: بَہار (bahār) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Urdu: بَسَنْت (basant) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Uyghur: باھار (bahar) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Uyghur: ئەتىياز (etiyaz) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Uzbek: bahor — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Venetan: verta — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Veps: keväzʹ — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Vietnamese: mùa xuân — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Vietnamese: xuân — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Vilamovian: fiywyt — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Volapük: florüp — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Võro: kevväi — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Votic: čeväd — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Walloon: bontins — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Walloon: prétins — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Welsh: gwanwyn — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Winnebago: weeną — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Wolof: noor — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Xhosa: intwasahlobo — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Yaghnobi: буҳор (buhor) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Yakut: саас (saas) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Yiddish: פֿרילינג (friling) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Yiddish: וועסנע (vesne) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Yiddish: פֿאַרפּסח (farpeysekh) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Yoruba: sípíríǹgì — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Yoruba: ìgbà ìrúwé — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Yup'ik: up'nerkaq — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Zazaki: wesar (diq) — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Zazaki: vasar — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Zhuang: seizcin — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Zulu: intwasahlobo — season between winter and summer in temperate climates
- Bulgarian: про́лет (prólet) — period from vernal equinox to summer solstice
- Finnish: kevät — period from vernal equinox to summer solstice
- Hindi: बसंत (basant) — period from vernal equinox to summer solstice
- Hindi: बहार (bahār) — period from vernal equinox to summer solstice
- Klamath-Modoc: sqo — period from vernal equinox to summer solstice
- Russian: весна́ (vesná) — period from vernal equinox to summer solstice
- Yiddish: וועסנע (vesne) — period from vernal equinox to summer solstice
- Bulgarian: про́лет (prólet) — the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)
- Finnish: kevät — the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)
- Hawaiian: kau kupulau — the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)
- Hindi: वसंत (vasant) — the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)
- Hindi: बहार (bahār) — the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)
- Klamath-Modoc: sqo — the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)
- Māori: aroaromahana — the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)
- Māori: kōanga — the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)
- Russian: весна́ (vesná) — the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)
- Yiddish: וועסנע (vesne) — the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)
- Zazaki: wesare — the three months March to May (N. Hem.) or September to November (S. Hem.)
- Afrikaans: bron — water springing from the ground
- Albanian: burim — water springing from the ground
- Arabic: عَيْن (ʕayn) — water springing from the ground
- Arabic: يَنْبُوع (yanbūʕ) — water springing from the ground
- Arabic: عْيْن (ʕin) — water springing from the ground
- Aragonese: fuent — water springing from the ground
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܸܒ݂ܥܵܐ (niwʿa) — water springing from the ground
- Armenian: աղբյուր (aġbyur) — water springing from the ground
- Armenian: ակ (ak) — water springing from the ground
- Armenian: ակունք (akunkʻ) — water springing from the ground
- Assamese: উঁহ (ũh) — water springing from the ground
- Assamese: পুং (puṅ) — water springing from the ground
- Asturian: fonte — water springing from the ground
- Asturian: fuente — water springing from the ground
- Atong (India): tyimuk — water springing from the ground
- Avar: ицц (icc) — water springing from the ground
- Azerbaijani: bulaq — water springing from the ground
- Baluchi: چمگ (cammag) — water springing from the ground
- Bashkir: шишмә (şişmə) — water springing from the ground
- Basque: iturri — water springing from the ground
- Belarusian: жарало́ (žaraló) — water springing from the ground
- Belarusian: крыні́ца (kryníca) — water springing from the ground
- Central Bikol: burabod — water springing from the ground
- Eastern Bontoc: fofon — water springing from the ground
- Eastern Bontoc: ogwor — water springing from the ground
- Breton: eienenn f eien — water springing from the ground
- Breton: andon — water springing from the ground
- Breton: mammenn — water springing from the ground
- Bulgarian: и́звор (ízvor) — water springing from the ground
- Bulgarian: изто́чник (iztóčnik) — water springing from the ground
- Catalan: font — water springing from the ground
- Catalan: deu — water springing from the ground
- Cebuano: tubod — water springing from the ground
- Eastern Min Chinese: 泉 (ciòng) — water springing from the ground
- Chinese Mandarin: 泉 (quán) — water springing from the ground
- Chinese Mandarin: 源泉 (yuánquán) — water springing from the ground
- Ngazidja Comorian: dzitso la madji — water springing from the ground
- Czech: zřídlo — water springing from the ground
- Czech: pramen — water springing from the ground
- Danish: kilde — water springing from the ground
- Dutch: bron — water springing from the ground
- Dutch: wel — water springing from the ground
- Esperanto: fonto — water springing from the ground
- Estonian: allikas — water springing from the ground
- Estonian: läte — water springing from the ground
- Estonian: veesilm — water springing from the ground
- Faroese: kelda — water springing from the ground
- Finnish: lähde — water springing from the ground
- Franco-Provençal: font — water springing from the ground
- French: source — water springing from the ground
- Old French: fontaine — water springing from the ground
- West-Frisian: welle — water springing from the ground
- Galician: fonte — water springing from the ground
- Galician: manancial — water springing from the ground
- Galician: manadeiro — water springing from the ground
- Galician: gorgolo — water springing from the ground
- Galician: xurre — water springing from the ground
- Galician: rieiro — water springing from the ground
- Galician: corga — water springing from the ground
- Galician: troa — water springing from the ground
- Galician: olleiro — water springing from the ground
- Garo: chimik — water springing from the ground
- Georgian: წყარო (c̣q̇aro) — water springing from the ground
- German: Quelle — water springing from the ground
- Greek: βρύση (vrýsi) — water springing from the ground
- Greek: κρήνη (kríni) — water springing from the ground
- Greek: πηγή (pigí) — water springing from the ground
- Ancient Greek: πηγή (pēgḗ) — water springing from the ground
- Ancient Greek: κρήνη (krḗnē) — water springing from the ground
- Hawaiian: puna — water springing from the ground
- Hebrew: מַעְיָן (ma'ayán) — water springing from the ground
- Hebrew: עַיִן ('áyin) — water springing from the ground
- Higaonon: tubod — water springing from the ground
- Hindi: चश्मा (caśmā) — water springing from the ground
- Hindi: ऐन (ain) — water springing from the ground
- Hungarian: forrás — water springing from the ground
- Icelandic: lind — water springing from the ground
- Icelandic: uppspretta — water springing from the ground
- Icelandic: brunnur — water springing from the ground
- Icelandic: vatnsrás — water springing from the ground
- Ido: fonto — water springing from the ground
- Tuwali Ifugao: ob-ob — water springing from the ground
- Tuwali Ifugao: hobwak — water springing from the ground
- Tuwali Ifugao: otbol — water springing from the ground
- Ilocano: ubbug — water springing from the ground
- Indonesian: mata air — water springing from the ground
- Interlingua: fonte — water springing from the ground
- Irish: foinse — water springing from the ground
- Italian: fonte — water springing from the ground
- Italian: sorgente — water springing from the ground
- Japanese: 泉 (izumi) — water springing from the ground
- Japanese: 温泉 (onsen) — water springing from the ground
- Lubuagan Kalinga: uud — water springing from the ground
- Southern Kalinga: chagsi — water springing from the ground
- Kazakh: бұлақ (būlaq) — water springing from the ground
- Korean: 샘 (saem) — water springing from the ground
- Central Kurdish: کانی (kanî) — water springing from the ground
- Laki: کەنی (kenî) — water springing from the ground
- Northern Kurdish: kanî — water springing from the ground
- Northern Kurdish: kehnî — water springing from the ground
- Southern Kurdish: کیەنی (kyenî) — water springing from the ground
- Kyrgyz: булак (bulak) — water springing from the ground
- Lao: ນ້ໍາພຸ (nam phu) — water springing from the ground
- Latgalian: olūts — water springing from the ground
- Latin: scatebra — water springing from the ground
- Latin: scaturgō — water springing from the ground
- Latvian: avots — water springing from the ground
- Lithuanian: šaltinis — water springing from the ground
- Lithuanian: versmė — water springing from the ground
- Lithuanian: verdenė — water springing from the ground
- Luxembourgish: Quell — water springing from the ground
- Macedonian: извор (izvor) — water springing from the ground
- Macedonian: вруток (vrutok) — water springing from the ground
- Malay: mata air — water springing from the ground
- Malayalam: ഉറവ (uṟava) — water springing from the ground
- Maltese: nixxiegħa — water springing from the ground
- Maltese: għajn — water springing from the ground
- Manchu: ᡧᡝᡵᡳ (šeri) — water springing from the ground
- Mansaka: tobod — water springing from the ground
- Māori: puna — water springing from the ground
- Māori: mātāwai — water springing from the ground
- Māori: kōmanawa — water springing from the ground
- Meänkieli: kaltio — water springing from the ground
- Middle English: sours — water springing from the ground
- Middle English: spryng — water springing from the ground
- Minangkabau: mato aia — water springing from the ground
- Mòcheno: prunn — water springing from the ground
- Mongolian: булаг (bulag) — water springing from the ground
- Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠯᠠᠭ (bulaɣ) — water springing from the ground
- Classical Nahuatl: āmēyalli — water springing from the ground
- Norman: r'source — water springing from the ground
- Norwegian Bokmål: kilde — water springing from the ground
- Occitan: font — water springing from the ground
- Occitan: dotz — water springing from the ground
- Ojibwe: dakib — water springing from the ground
- Iranian Persian: چَشْمِه (čašme) — water springing from the ground
- Iranian Persian: خانی (xâni) — water springing from the ground
- Iranian Persian: عِیْن (eyn) — water springing from the ground
- Phoenician: 𐤏𐤍 (ʿn) — water springing from the ground
- Polish: źródło — water springing from the ground
- Polish: zdrój — water springing from the ground
- Polish: krynica — water springing from the ground
- Kashaya: ʔahqha — water springing from the ground
- Portuguese: fonte — water springing from the ground
- Portuguese: manancial — water springing from the ground
- Quechua: pukyu — water springing from the ground
- Romani: zvoro — water springing from the ground
- Romanian: izvor — water springing from the ground
- Russian: исто́чник (istóčnik) — water springing from the ground
- Russian: ключ (ključ) — water springing from the ground
- Russian: родни́к (rodník) — water springing from the ground
- Russian: студене́ц (studenéc) — water springing from the ground
- Samoan: puna — water springing from the ground
- Samoan: matāvai — water springing from the ground
- Sanskrit: उत्स (utsa) — water springing from the ground
- Sardinian: mitza — water springing from the ground
- Scottish Gaelic: fuaran — water springing from the ground
- Serbo-Croatian: ѝзвор — water springing from the ground
- Serbo-Croatian: ìzvor — water springing from the ground
- Shan: ႁူးၼမ်ႉၸိုမ်း (húu nâ̰m tsúem) — water springing from the ground
- Sicilian: fonti — water springing from the ground
- Sicilian: funti — water springing from the ground
- Slovak: žriedlo — water springing from the ground
- Slovak: prameň — water springing from the ground
- Slovene: izvír — water springing from the ground
- Spanish: fuente — water springing from the ground
- Spanish: manantial — water springing from the ground
- Spanish: vertiente — water springing from the ground
- Spanish: manadero — water springing from the ground
- Spanish: venero — water springing from the ground
- Spanish: alfaguara — water springing from the ground
- Spanish: fontana — water springing from the ground
- Spanish: fontanar — water springing from the ground
- Spanish: fontanal — water springing from the ground
- Spanish: hontanar — water springing from the ground
- Spanish: hontana (desus.) — water springing from the ground
- Spanish: mana — water springing from the ground
- Spanish: venera — water springing from the ground
- Swahili: kisima — water springing from the ground
- Swedish: källa — water springing from the ground
- Tagalog: bukal — water springing from the ground
- Tagalog: batis — water springing from the ground
- Tahitian: matavai — water springing from the ground
- Tajik: чашма (čašma) — water springing from the ground
- Tajik: айн (ayn) — water springing from the ground
- Tamil: ஊற்று (ūṟṟu) — water springing from the ground
- Tamil: நீரூற்று (nīrūṟṟu) — water springing from the ground
- Tarifit: tara — water springing from the ground
- Tatar: чишмә (çişmä) — water springing from the ground
- Thai: น้ําพุ (náam-pú) — water springing from the ground
- Tibetan: ཆུ་མིག (chu mig) — water springing from the ground
- Tocharian B: ālme — water springing from the ground
- Turkish: kaynak — water springing from the ground
- Turkish: pınar — water springing from the ground
- Turkish: bulak — water springing from the ground
- Turkish: memba — water springing from the ground
- Turkish: göze — water springing from the ground
- Ottoman Turkish: قایناق (kaynak) — water springing from the ground
- Ottoman Turkish: چشمه (çeşme) — water springing from the ground
- Turkmen: çeşme — water springing from the ground
- Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎁𐎋 (nbk) — water springing from the ground
- Ukrainian: джерело́ (džereló) — water springing from the ground
- Ukrainian: крини́ця (krynýcja) — water springing from the ground
- Urdu: چَشْمَہ (caśma) — water springing from the ground
- Urdu: عَین ('ain) — water springing from the ground
- Uyghur: بۇلاق (bulaq) — water springing from the ground
- Uzbek: buloq — water springing from the ground
- Uzbek: chashma — water springing from the ground
- Venetan: fontego — water springing from the ground
- Venetan: fóntego — water springing from the ground
- Walloon: sourdant — water springing from the ground
- Walloon: sourdon — water springing from the ground
- Walloon: sourd — water springing from the ground
- Walloon: fontinne — water springing from the ground
- Waray-Waray: burabod — water springing from the ground
- Welsh: ffynnon — water springing from the ground
- Woiwurrung: bun-ding — water springing from the ground
- Yaghnobi: чишма (čišma) — water springing from the ground
- Yakut: дьүүктэ (jüükte) — water springing from the ground
- Yiddish: קוואַל (kval) — water springing from the ground
- Yiddish: קרעניצע (krenitse) — water springing from the ground
- Zazaki: çıme (diq) — water springing from the ground
- Zazaki: çem (diq) — water springing from the ground
- Zhuang: mboq — water springing from the ground
- Abkhaz: аиҵас (ajcʼas) — device made of flexible material
- Afrikaans: veer — device made of flexible material
- Arabic: يَاي (yāy) — device made of flexible material
- Arabic: زُنْبُرُك (zunburuk) — device made of flexible material
- Arabic: نَابِض (nābiḍ) — device made of flexible material
- Arabic: سوستة (sósta) — device made of flexible material
- Armenian: զսպանակ (zspanak) — device made of flexible material
- Azerbaijani: yay — device made of flexible material
- Basque: Malguki — device made of flexible material
- Belarusian: спружы́на (spružýna) — device made of flexible material
- Bengali: স্প্রিং (spriṅ) — device made of flexible material
- Breton: gwinterell — device made of flexible material
- Bulgarian: пружи́на (pružína) — device made of flexible material
- Catalan: molla — device made of flexible material
- Catalan: ressort — device made of flexible material
- Chechen: ӏад (ˀad) — device made of flexible material
- Chinese Mandarin: 彈簧 /弹簧 (tánhuáng) — device made of flexible material
- Chinese Mandarin: 發條 /发条 (fātiáo) — device made of flexible material
- Czech: pružina — device made of flexible material
- Danish: fjeder — device made of flexible material
- Dutch: veer — device made of flexible material
- Esperanto: risorto — device made of flexible material
- Estonian: vedru — device made of flexible material
- Faroese: fjøður — device made of flexible material
- Finnish: jousi — device made of flexible material
- Finnish: vieteri — device made of flexible material
- Finnish: joustin — device made of flexible material
- French: ressort — device made of flexible material
- West-Frisian: fear — device made of flexible material
- Galician: resorte — device made of flexible material
- Georgian: ზამბარა (zambara) — device made of flexible material
- German: Sprungfeder — device made of flexible material
- German: Feder — device made of flexible material
- Greek: ελατήριο (elatírio) — device made of flexible material
- Gujarati: કમાન (kamān) — device made of flexible material
- Hebrew: קְפִיץ (kfitz) — device made of flexible material
- Hindi: कमानी (kamānī) — device made of flexible material
- Hungarian: rugó — device made of flexible material
- Icelandic: gormur — device made of flexible material
- Icelandic: fjöður — device made of flexible material
- Indonesian: pegas — device made of flexible material
- Indonesian: per — device made of flexible material
- Interlingua: resorto — device made of flexible material
- Italian: molla — device made of flexible material
- Japanese: 発条 (bane) — device made of flexible material
- Japanese: スプリング (supuringu) — device made of flexible material
- Kazakh: серіппе (serıppe) — device made of flexible material
- Khmer: ឡាន (laan) — device made of flexible material
- Korean: 용수철 (yongsucheol) — device made of flexible material
- Korean: 출렁쇠 (chulleongsoe) — device made of flexible material
- Korean: 스프링 (seupeuring) — device made of flexible material
- Lao: ສະປິງ (sa ping) — device made of flexible material
- Lao: ສະປຣິງ — device made of flexible material
- Latgalian: atspera — device made of flexible material
- Latvian: atspere — device made of flexible material
- Lithuanian: spyruoklė — device made of flexible material
- Macedonian: пружина (pružina) — device made of flexible material
- Macedonian: федер (feder) — device made of flexible material
- Malay: pegas — device made of flexible material
- Malay: per — device made of flexible material
- Malay: spring — device made of flexible material
- Malay: paha belalang — device made of flexible material
- Maltese: molla — device made of flexible material
- Māori: piringi — device made of flexible material
- Māori: panapana — device made of flexible material
- Māori: tupa — device made of flexible material
- Māori: pūniko — device made of flexible material
- Mongolian: пүрш (pürš) — device made of flexible material
- Norwegian Bokmål: fjær — device made of flexible material
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fjør — device made of flexible material
- Iranian Persian: فَنَر (fanar) — device made of flexible material
- Polish: sprężyna — device made of flexible material
- Portuguese: mola — device made of flexible material
- Romanian: arc — device made of flexible material
- Russian: пружи́на (pružína) — device made of flexible material
- Russian: рессо́ра (ressóra) — device made of flexible material
- Serbo-Croatian: о̏пруга — device made of flexible material
- Serbo-Croatian: фе́дер — device made of flexible material
- Serbo-Croatian: ȍpruga — device made of flexible material
- Serbo-Croatian: féder — device made of flexible material
- Shan: ၸပြိင်ႇ (tsǎ prìng) — device made of flexible material
- Shan: လဵၵ်းၵူင်ႇပိုတ်း (láek kùung púet) — device made of flexible material
- Slovak: pružina — device made of flexible material
- Slovene: vzmét — device made of flexible material
- Slovene: peró — device made of flexible material
- Lower Sorbian: pjero — device made of flexible material
- Spanish: resorte — device made of flexible material
- Spanish: muelle — device made of flexible material
- Spanish: spring (sprin) — device made of flexible material
- Spanish: esprín — device made of flexible material
- Swahili: kosa — device made of flexible material
- Swedish: fjäder — device made of flexible material
- Tagalog: muwelye — device made of flexible material
- Tagalog: paigkas — device made of flexible material
- Tagalog: kuwerdas — device made of flexible material
- Thai: สปริง (sà-bpring) — device made of flexible material
- Tibetan: སི་པིརིང (si piring) — device made of flexible material
- Turkish: yay — device made of flexible material
- Turkish: zemberek — device made of flexible material
- Ottoman Turkish: زنبرك (zenberek) — device made of flexible material
- Ukrainian: пружи́на (pružýna) — device made of flexible material
- Ukrainian: спружи́на (spružýna) — device made of flexible material
- Vietnamese: lò xo — device made of flexible material
- Welsh: sbring — device made of flexible material
- Welsh: twyth — device made of flexible material
- Yiddish: ספּרענזשינעס (sprenzhines) — device made of flexible material
- Yiddish: ספּרונזשינע (sprunzhine) — device made of flexible material
- Finnish: springi — nautical: line from an end or side to the anchor cable
- Dutch: spring — nautical: line from an end to another vessel or mooring to limit surging
- Finnish: springi — nautical: line from an end to another vessel or mooring to limit surging
- Portuguese: espringue — nautical: line from an end to another vessel or mooring to limit surging
- Portuguese: lançante — nautical: line from an end to another vessel or mooring to limit surging
- Russian: шпринг (špring) — nautical: line from an end to another vessel or mooring to limit surging
- Spanish: esprín — nautical: line from an end to another vessel or mooring to limit surging
- Finnish: halkeama — nautical: crack or fissure in a mast or yard
- Bulgarian: изто́чник (iztóčnik) — source of an action or a supply
- Finnish: lähde — source of an action or a supply
- Greek: αρχή (archí) — source of an action or a supply
- Portuguese: origem — source of an action or a supply
- Russian: моти́в (motív) — source of an action or a supply
- Russian: причи́на (pričína) — source of an action or a supply
- Russian: исто́чник (istóčnik) — source of an action or a supply
- Spanish: origen — source of an action or a supply
- Bulgarian: причи́на (pričína) — any active power
- Finnish: voima — any active power
- Russian: причи́на (pričína) — any active power
- Finnish: vapauttaa — to release or set free
- Māori: turupana — to release or set free
- Spanish: entrar en acción — to move or burst forth
- Portuguese: primaverar — to spend the springtime
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