See|SPRING
English

rank|wood|matters|physical|895|spring|troops|meeting|corner

Pronunciation
AHD|/sprĭng/, IPA|/sprɪ�/, SAMPA|/sprIN/
audio|en-us-spring.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|ɪ�

Etymology
OE. springan

Verb
en-verb|springs|springing|sprang|sprung

1. To start to exist.

#: Sometimes the ideas spring to life fully formed.

1. To jump or leap.

#: He sprang up from his seat.

1. slang To release or set free, especially from prison.

Synonyms
italbrac|start to exist: be born, come into being, come into existence
italbrac|jump, leap: bound, jump, leap
italbrac|release or set free, especially from prison: free, let out, release, spring loose

Derived terms
rel-top|Terms derived from the verb to spring
hope springs eternal
outspring
overspring
respring
spring a butt
spring an arch
spring a leak
spring a rattle
spring at
springel
springer
spring for
spring forth
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spring-hare
spring in
springing
spring into action
spring-jack
spring-lobster
spring loose
spring on<!--as in "to spring a surprise on someone"-->
spring the luff
spring to mind
spring-tree
spring up
upspring
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Related terms
rel-top|Terms related to the verb to spring
sprang
springwort
sprung
to-spring
unspring
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Translations
trans-top|start to exist
Bulgarian: по�в�вам �е
Danish: t-|da|springe
Dutch: t-|nl|ontspringen, t-|nl|ontspruiten, t-|nl|ontstaan
Finnish: t+|fi|nousta, t+|fi|syntyä
French: t+|fr|naître
German: t-|de|entspringen
Greek: t-|el|ξε��οβάλλ�|trxeproválo|scGrek, t-|el|ξε�����ν�|trxefitróno|scGrek
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Italian: t+|it|nascere, t+|it|generarsi, t-|it|formarsi
Japanese: 跳���� (�����, hane-agaru), 跳�� (���, haneru)
Maltese: t-|mt|tfa��a|xs=Maltese
Spanish: t+|es|nacer
Turkish: t-|tr|ortaya çıkıvermek, t-|tr|belirivermek
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trans-top|jump or leap
Bulgarian: t+|bg|�ка�ам|sc=Cyrl
Danish: t-|da|springe, t+|da|hoppe
Dutch: t+|nl|springen
Finnish: t+|fi|hypätä, t-|fi|ponnahtaa
French: t+|fr|sauter
German: t+|de|springen
Greek: ανα�ηδ� (anapidó), (ξε)�ε�άγομαι [(xe)petágome], ξε��οβάλλ� (xeproválo), ξε�����ν� (xefitróno)
Hebrew: ��נק romanization of Hebrew|lezanék
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Indonesian: lompat|melompat
Italian: t+|it|saltare
Maltese: t-|mt|qabża|xs=Maltese
Russian: п��га�� (prýgat') imperf, �кака�� (skakát') imperf
Swedish: t+|sv|hoppa
Spanish: t+|es|saltar
Turkish: t-|tr|sıçramak, t-|tr|fırlamak
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Noun
Image:Coil_spring.JPG|thumb|right|A coil spring (mechanical device)
wikipedia
en-noun|s|-

1. countable Traditionally the first of the four seasons, in which plants spring from the ground and trees come into blossom; typically regarded as being from March 21 to June 20 in the Northern Hemisphere and from September 21 to December 20 in the Southern Hemisphere.
2. countable Spring tide; a tide of greater-than-average range, that is, around the first or third quarter of a lunar month, or around the times of the new or full moon.
3. countable A place where water emerges from the ground.
4. uncountable The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc.
5. countable A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force when it is bend|bent, compressed or stretched.
6. context|countable|nautical A rope attaching the bow of a vessel to the stern-side of the jetty, or vice versa, to stop the vessel from swaying.
7. context|countable|slang An erection of the penis.
8. countable The source of an action

#* 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973, § 9.
#*: ... discover, at least in some degree, the secret springs and principles, by which the human mind is actuated in its operations?

Synonyms
italbrac|place where water emerges from the ground: fount, source
italbrac|property of a body of springing to its original form: bounce, bounciness, elasticity, resilience, springiness
italbrac|slang: erection of the penis: boner, chubby, hard-on, stiffy, woody; see also WikiSaurus:erection|"erection" in WikiSaurus?
italbrac|source of an action: impetus, impulse

Antonyms
italbrac|spring tide: neap tide<!--, or tide of smaller-than-average range around the times of the crescent or decrescent half moon.-->

Derived terms
rel-top4|Terms derived from the noun spring
advance spring
after-spring
afterspring
air spring<!--not the same as "air-spring"-->
air-spring<!--not the same as "air spring"-->
anti-rattle spring
w:Arlington Springs Man|Arlington Springs Man
w:Arlington Springs Man|Arlington Springs Woman
artesian spring
austral spring
autumn-spring
auxiliary spring
balance spring
Barton Springs salamander
bedspring
w:Beijing Spring|Beijing Spring
Belleville spring
bending spring
w:Berber Spring|Berber Spring
boiling spring
border spring
bow spring
box spring, box-spring
brine spring
brush spring
buckling spring
Caballine spring
Cambridge Springs defence, Cambridge Springs defense
cantilever spring
card spring
cart spring
cee spring, cee-spring, C spring, c-spring
clock spring
closed spring
coiled spring sign
coil spring
coil spring clutch
w:ColdSpring|ColdSpring?
compression spring
contact spring
w:Croatian Spring|Croatian Spring
cupped spring washer
w:Damascus Spring|Damascus Spring
damper spring
day-spring, dayspring
detent ball and spring
diaphragm spring
door hold-open spring
draw-spring, drawspring
driving spring
extension spring
extra spring
farewell-to-spring
finger spring
flat spring
float bumper spring
footsteps-of-spring
forest-spring encephalitis
garter spring
gas spring
graduated spring
haemoglobin Constant Spring, hemoglobin Constant Spring
hairspring
hand-spring, handspring
harbinger-of-spring
headspring
helical spring
helper spring
<!--"hemoglobin Constant Spring" is listed with "haemoglobin Constant Spring" above-->
hot spring
hydrospring
Indian spring low water
innerspring
inside spring caliper
jagger spring
Jesus spring
Kesling spring
laminated spring
land-spring
laspring
latter spring
leaf spring, leaf-spring
lifespring
locating spring
loop spring
mainspring
master-spring
mean high water spring
mean low water spring
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meshing spring
mid-spring
mineral spring
motor spring
natural spring
negative spring
<!--"no spring chicken" is derived from "spring chicken" above-->
offspring
ofspring<!--sic-->
open spring
w:Operation Spring Awakening|Operation Spring Awakening
w:Operation Spring Cleanup|Operation Spring Cleanup
w:Operation Spring of Youth|Operation Spring of Youth
outside spring caliper
outspring
overload spring
paddle spring
parabolic spring
Pierian Spring
piston spring
w:Prague Spring|Prague Spring
progressive rate spring
progressive valve spring
progressively wound valve spring
rattle spring
restoring spring
retainer spring tool
retro-spring
return spring
Russian spring-summer encephalitis
saddle-spring
salt spring
sear spring
sea-spring
seepage spring
semi-elliptic spring
separating spring
shoe return spring
single rate spring
soda spring
spiral spring
splayed spring
spreader spring
spring-action
w:Spring and Autumn Period|Spring and Autumn Period
spring azure
spring back, spring-back<!--book-binding term-->
w:Springbal|Springbal
spring balance
Spring Bank Holiday
spring bar
spring-based
spring baton
spring beam, spring-beam
spring beating
spring beating spoon
spring beauty, spring-beauty
spring bed
spring beetle, spring-beetle
spring-bell
spring-biased
spring binder, spring-binder
spring-binding
spring-bladed
spring bloom
spring-board, springboard
spring bolt
spring booster
spring bow
spring bows
spring box
spring brake
spring branch, spring-branch
spring break
spring cabbage
spring cankerworm
spring cap
spring-carriage
spring-cart
spring catch
spring channel binder
spring chicken
spring choke
spring clamp
spring-cleaning
spring cleavers
spring clip
spring clutch
spring collar
spring collet
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spring compressor
spring conjunctivitis
spring constant
spring cress
spring crocus
spring crust
Spring Day
spring disease
spring divider
spring drive
spring dwindling
springed<!--adjective-->
spring ephemeral
spring equation
spring equinox
springet
spring eye
w:Springfest|Springfest
spring festival
spring fever
spring finger
springfish
spring-flood
spring fly
spring force
springform pan
spring frog
spring-froth
springful
spring garden
spring gentian
spring ginger
spring grass, spring-grass
spring green<!--colour-->
spring greens<!--vegetables-->
spring gun, spring-gun
spring hanger
spring hare, spring-hare, springhare
spring-head, springhead
spring-headed
spring heath
spring-heeled
spring herring
spring hock
spring-hole
Spring Holiday
spring hook
spring-house, springhouse
spring in one's step
springish
spring isolator
spring juices
spring-keeper, springkeeper
spring lamb
spring lancet
spring latch
springle
springless
springlet
spring ligament
spring-like, springlike
spring line, springline
spring line settlement, springline settlement
springling
spring-loaded
spring lock, spring-lock, springlock
spring lock washer
spring-locked
spring mattress
spring melt
spring mix
w:The Spring of Arda|The Spring of Arda
w:Spring Offensive|The Spring Offensive
w:Spring of Nations|The Spring of Nations
spring of pork
spring of the leaf
spring of the year
spring onion
spring ophthalmia
spring overshoot
spring overturn
w:Spring Palace|Spring Palace
spring pasque flower
spring peeper
spring pin
spring-pit
spring planting
spring plate
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spring-pottage
spring rail
spring rate
spring-release
spring ring clasp
spring roll
spring-run fish
spring runoff
spring rye
spring sail
spring salmon
spring-salt
spring scale
spring scalecap
spring seat
spring shackle
spring sludge
spring snow
spring soup
springspotter
spring squill
spring stay
spring steel
spring suspension
spring sweep
spring tail, spring-tail, springtail
spring tapping
spring-teller
spring temper
spring thaw
spring tide<!--type of tide; not the same as "springtide"-->
spring-tide, springtide<!--springtime; not the same as "spring tide"-->
spring time, spring-time, springtime
spring-tooth
spring training
spring-tree
Spring Triangle
spring-type brake actuator
spring usher
spring vetch
spring vetchling
spring wagon
spring wagtail
spring washer
spring water, spring-water, springwater
spring-well
spring wheat
spring windup
spring wood, spring-wood, springwood
springy
steel spring
sulfur spring, sulphur spring
tensioning spring
tension spring
thermal spring
thermostatic spring choke
throttle return spring
torsion spring
trailing spring
truss spring steel
underspring
upholstery coil spring
uprighting spring
upspring
valve spring
valve spring cap
valve spring collar
valve spring compressor
valve spring depressor
valve spring lifter
valve spring retainer
valve spring seat
variable rate spring
variable spring
vauclusian spring
vintage spring
volute spring
V-spring
wall spring
warm spring
watch main spring steel
watch-spring
water-spring
wave spring
weeping spring
well-spring, wellspring
zero-length spring
Z spring
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Related terms
rel-top|Terms related to the noun spring
aspring
atspring
bespring
espringal
rumspringa
springal, springald
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springboc, springbock
springbok<!--from Cape Dutch-->
springe
spring-haas, springhaas
springhalt
springle
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Translations
trans-top|season
Albanian: pranverë g|Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|رب�ع unicode|(rabía�) m
Armenian: Õ£Õ¡Ö�Õ¸Ö�Õ¶ (karun)
Asturian: primavera f
Basque: udaherri
Breton: nevezamzer f, nevezamzerioù p
Bosnian: t-|bs|prolje�e|n
Bulgarian: t+|bg|п�оле�|m|sc=Cyrl
Catalan: primavera f
Chinese: �天 (chūnti�n), �季 (chūnjì)
Croatian: t-|hr|prolje�e|n
Czech: t+|cs|jaro|n
Danish: t+|da|forår|c
Dutch: t+|nl|lente|m, t-|nl|voorjaar|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|printempo|m|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t+|et|kevad
Finnish: t+|fi|kevät
French: t+|fr|printemps|m
Frisian: maaitiid m, maitiid m
Galician: primavera f
Georgian: ��������� (gazap�xuli)
German: t+|de|Frühling|m, t+|de|Lenz|m, t-|de|Frühjahr|n
Greek: άνοιξη (ánixi) f, έα� (éar) n
Hebrew: ���� (avív) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|tavasz
Indonesian: musim semi
Interlingua: primavera
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Italian: t+|it|primavera|f
Japanese: � (��, háru)
Korean: ë´� (bom)
Kurdish: bihar, KUchar|ب���ار g|Kurdish
Latin: t+|la|ver|n|alt=v�r
Latvian: t+|lv|pavasaris|m|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: t+|lt|pavasaris|m|xs=Lithuanian
Maltese: t-|mt|rebbiegħa|f|xs=Maltese
Manchu: niyengniyeri
Maori: koanga
Mongolian: t-|mn|�ава�|trkhavar|scCyrl|xs=Mongolian
Navajo: d��d����' (last spring)
Persian: t+|fa|ب�ار|trbah�r|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Polish: t+|pl|wiosna|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|primavera|f
Romanian: t+|ro|prim�var�|f
Russian: t+|ru|ве�на|f|trvesná|scCyrl
Sardinian: beranu m
Scottish Gaelic: earrach m
Slovak: t-|sk|jar|f
Slovene: t+|sl|pomlad|f
Spanish: t+|es|primavera|f
Swedish: t+|sv|vår|c
Turkish: t-|tr|ilkbahar, t+|tr|bahar
Welsh: gwanwyn g|Welsh
Yiddish: פר���נ� (fríling) m
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trans-top|higher-than-average tide
Finnish: t-|fi|tulvavuoksi
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Korean: ��리 (hansari)
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trans-top|water source
Basque: iturri
Breton: eienenn f eien, andon f, andonioù p, mammenn f, mammennoù p
Bulgarian: t+|bg|изво�|m|sc=Cyrl
CJKV Characters: æ´¤
Chinese: � (quán), �� (yuán quán)
Czech: t+|cs|pramen|m
Danish: kilde c
Dutch: t+|nl|bron|f
Esperanto: t-|eo|fonto|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: allikas, läte, veesilm
Finnish: t+|fi|lähde
French: t+|fr|source|f
Frisian: welle f
German: t+|de|Quelle|f
Greek: νε�ομάνα (neromána) f, κε�αλά�ι (kjefalári) n, �ηγή (pigjí) f
Hebrew: �ע��� (maayán) m
Hungarian: t-|hu|forrás
Indonesian: mata air
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Interlingua: fonte
Italian: t+|it|fonte|f
Japanese: � (���, izumi), 温� (����, onsen) (hot spring, spa)
Korean: � (saem)
Kurdish: kanî, KUchar|کا�� g|Kurdish
Latin: t-|la|fons|m
Latvian: avots m
Lithuanian: šaltinis m; versm� f; verden� f
Maltese: t-|mt|nixxiegħa|f|xs=Maltese
Polish: t-|pl|źród�o|n
Portuguese: t+|pt|fonte|f
Romanian: t-|ro|izvor|n
Russian: t-|ru|и��о�ник|m|tristó�nik|scCyrl, t+|ru|кл��|m|trklju�|scCyrl, t-|ru|�одник|m|trrodník|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|izvir|m
Spanish: fuente f; manantial m
Swedish: t+|sv|källa|c
Turkish: t-|tr|kaynak
Waray-waray: burabod
Yiddish: ק���ַ� (kval) m
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trans-top|property of a body of springing to its original form
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trans-top|device made of flexible material
Breton: gwinterell f, gwinterelloù p
Bulgarian: t-|bg|п��жина|f|sc=Cyrl
Chinese: 弹簧, �� (f�tiáo)
Czech: t-|cs|pružina|f
Danish: fjeder c
Dutch: t+|nl|veer|f
Esperanto: t-|eo|risorto|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: vedru
Finnish: t+|fi|jousi
French: t+|fr|ressort|m
Frisian: fear f
German: t-|de|Sprungfeder|f
Greek: t-|el|ελα�ή�ιο|n|trelatírio|scGrek, t-|el|�ο���α|f|trsústa|scGrek
Hebrew: קפ�ץ (kfitz) m
Hungarian: t-|hu|rugó
Indonesian: pegas, per
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Interlingua: resorto
Italian: t+|it|molla|f
Japanese: t-|ja|��|trbane|scJpan
Korean: ��철 (yongsucheol)
Latvian: atspere f
Lithuanian: spyruokl� f
Maltese: t-|mt|molla|f|xs=Maltese
Norwegian: t-|no|fjær|m
Polish: t-|pl|spr�żyna|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|mola|f
Romanian: t-|ro|arc|n
Russian: t-|ru|п��жина|f|trpružína|scCyrl
Slovene: vzmet f, pero#Slovene|pero n
Spanish: t-|es|resorte|m
Swedish: t+|sv|fjäder|c
Turkish: t+|tr|yay, t-|tr|zemberek
Yiddish: ספּרענ�ש�נעס (sprenzhineh) f
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trans-top|rope on a boat
Finnish: t-|fi|springi
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French: t+|fr|garde|f
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trans-top|the source of an action
Portuguese: tø|origem|f
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See also
geyser
Hooke's law
seep
Slinky
well

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Category:English irregular verbs
Category:Seasons

Danish

Etymology
From springe

Noun
spring

1. #English|spring, jump, vault, leap

Related terms
firspring
højdespring, længdespring, stangspring, trespring
springavancement
springbane
springbræt
springkniv
springmadras
springvand

Category:Danish nouns

Dutch

Pronunciation
rfp This might be wrong: an apostrophe has been used as the stress mark (wrong symbol) and /ɳ/ is similar to the sound in the middle of "onion" - is /�/ (the sound at the end of "spring" in English) intended? &mdash; User:Paul G|Paul G 14:15, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
IPA|/'sprɪɳ/

Verb form
spring

1. first-person singular of springen<!--translations of inflections are not given in Wiktionary: jump, leap.-->

Category:Dutch verb forms

German

Verb form
spring

1. imperative singular of springen<!--translations of inflections are not given in Wiktionary: jump, leap.-->

Category:German verb forms

Swedish

Verb form
spring

1. imperative of springa<!--translations of inflections are not given in Wiktionary: run!-->

Category:Swedish verb forms

ar:spring
ast:spring
zh-min-nan:spring
de:spring
el:spring
fa:spring
fr:spring
fy:spring
gl:spring
ko:spring
hy:spring
io:spring
id:spring
it:spring
kk:spring
ky:spring
ku:spring
hu:spring
ja:spring
pl:spring
pt:spring
ro:spring
ru:spring
simple:spring
fi:spring
sv:spring
ta:spring
te:spring
vi:spring
tr:spring
uk:spring
zh:spring

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