spring
Forms
- present (v1)
- spring
- past (v2)
- sprang
- past participle (v3)
- sprung
- present participle
- springing
- 3rd person singular
- springs
- Plural
- springs
Definitions
1.To move or burst forth.
- The boat sprang a leak and began to sink.
- He hit the gas and the car sprang to life.
- Foxglove sprang tall and purple among the trees.
2.To leap over.
- I sprang the fence, and was soon in the village street.
3.To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
- On the 22nd the mines sprang, and took very good effect.
4.To cause to spring (all senses).
- They sprung another Mine.. wherein was placed about sixtie Barrels of Powder.
1.The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
2.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.
3.An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
4.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.
- I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.
- The spring issue will be out next week.
- Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1169
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
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”).