6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Spring \Spring\ (spr[i^]ng), v. i. [imp. {Sprang} (spr[a^]ng) or {Sprung} (spr[u^]ng); p. p. {Sprung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Springing}.] [AS. springan; akin to D. & G. springen, OS. & OHG. springan, Icel. & Sw. springa, Dan. springe; cf. Gr. spe`rchesqai to hasten. Cf. {Springe}, {Sprinkle}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To leap; to bound; to jump. [1913 Webster] The mountain stag that springs From height to height, and bounds along the plains. --Philips. [1913 Webster] 2. To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot. [1913 Webster] And sudden light Sprung through the vaulted roof. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert. [1913 Webster] Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring. --Otway. [1913 Webster] 4. To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power. [1913 Webster] 5. To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning. [1913 Webster] 6. To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; -- often followed by up, forth, or out. [1913 Webster] Till well nigh the day began to spring. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth. --Job xxxviii. 27. [1913 Webster] Do not blast my springing hopes. --Rowe. [1913 Webster] O, spring to light; auspicious Babe, be born. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 7. To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle. [1913 Webster] [They found] new hope to spring Out of despair, joy, but with fear yet linked. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 8. To grow; to thrive; to prosper. [1913 Webster] What makes all this, but Jupiter the king, At whose command we perish, and we spring? --Dryden. [1913 Webster] {To spring at}, to leap toward; to attempt to reach by a leap. {To spring forth}, to leap out; to rush out. {To spring in}, to rush in; to enter with a leap or in haste. {To spring on} or {To spring upon}, to leap on; to rush on with haste or violence; to assault. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sprung \Sprung\ (spr[u^]ng), imp. & p. p. of {Spring}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sprung \Sprung\, a. (Naut.) Said of a spar that has been cracked or strained. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: spring n 1: the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year" [syn: {springtime}] 2: a natural flow of ground water [syn: {fountain}, {outflow}, {outpouring}, {natural spring}] 3: a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed; "the spring was broken" 4: a light springing movement upwards or forwards [syn: {leap}, {leaping}, {saltation}, {bound}, {bounce}] 5: the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length [syn: {give}, {springiness}] 6: a point at which water issues forth v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: {jump}, {leap}, {bound}] 2: develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape" [syn: {form}, {take form}, {take shape}] 3: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [syn: {bounce}, {resile}, {take a hop}, {bound}, {rebound}, {recoil}, {reverberate}, {ricochet}] 4: produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang a new haircut on his wife" 5: develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak" 6: produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving" [also: {sprung}, {sprang}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: sprung See {spring} From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 63 Moby Thesaurus words for "sprung": aggravated, anamorphous, askew, asymmetric, bent, bowed, broken, burned, burst, busted, checked, chipped, cockeyed, contorted, cracked, crazed, crazy, crooked, crumpled, crunched, cut, damaged, deteriorated, deviative, distorted, embittered, exacerbated, harmed, hurt, impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces, in shards, injured, irregular, irritated, labyrinthine, lacerated, lopsided, mangled, mutilated, nonsymmetric, one-sided, rent, ruptured, scalded, scorched, shattered, slashed, slit, smashed, split, the worse for, torn, tortuous, twisted, unsymmetric, warped, weakened, worse, worse off, worsened
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