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- pronunciation:
- sprIng
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
springs, springing, sprang, sprung |
| definition 1: |
to move upward quickly or suddenly; jump.
She sprang over each hurdle with ease.
- synonyms:
- bound, dart, hop, jump, leap, vault
- similar words:
- bounce, caper, catapult, lunge, start
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| definition 2: |
to change position suddenly.
He sprang into action when he went into the game.- synonyms:
- dart, dash, jump, leap, pop, start
- similar words:
- bound, shoot, snap
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| definition 3: |
to close or move quickly.
The trap springs to catch a mouse.- synonyms:
- pop, snap
- similar words:
- catapult, kick, react, recover
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| definition 4: |
to come into being quickly.
Flowers are springing up in the garden.- synonyms:
- burst, crop up, mushroom, pop, shoot up, sprout
- similar words:
- derive, rise
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| definition 5: |
to cause to form or develop.
The pipes sprang a leak.- similar words:
- develop, form
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| definition 6: |
to set free or to give information.
They sprang a bird from the cage.He sprung the secret that there would be a surprise party.- synonyms:
- free, let out, release
- similar words:
- disclose, undo, unfasten
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| related words: |
bolt, bounce, catapult, dart, fly, hop, jump, leap, race, result, vault, well |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an elastic device or object that returns to its original shape after being pressed or stretched out.
The car needs new springs.
- similar words:
- bound
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| definition 2: |
a quick and sudden movement; jump.
He made a spring to catch the balloon.- synonyms:
- bound, hop, leap, vault
- similar words:
- bounce, jump, skip
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| definition 3: |
a flow of water from the earth.
We stopped in the woods to drink water from a spring.- synonyms:
- well
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| definition 4: |
a season of the year between winter and summer.
Flowers grow in the spring.- synonyms:
- springtime
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| related words: |
bolt, caper, hop, kick, thaw, vault |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
having to do with or taking place during the season of spring.
I'm going down south for spring vacation. |
| definition 2: |
used for the season of spring.
She went shopping for spring clothes. |
| derivation: |
springlike (adj.) |
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