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1.verbTo weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation"to sprain one's ankle"
2.nounAn act of springing: a leap, a jump.
3.nounThe season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life, variously reckoned as"Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce."
4.nounThe time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
5.nounSomeone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
6.nounSomething which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
7.nounAn erection of the penis.
8.nounA crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or a plank or seam.
9.nounSpringiness: an attribute or quality of springing, springing up, or springing back, particularly
10.nounThe source from which an action or supply of something springs.
11.nounSomething which causes others or another to spring forth or spring into action, particularly
12.verbTo burst forth.
13.verb(of beards) To grow.
14.verbTo cause to burst forth.
15.verbTo make wet, to moisten.
16.verb(usually with "to" or "up") To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up."The documentary made tears spring to their eyes."
17.verb(now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
18.verbTo go off.
19.verbTo cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.
20.verb(usually perfective) To crack.
21.verbTo have something crack.
22.verbTo cause to crack.
23.verbTo surprise by sudden or deft action.
24.verb(of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of."They sprung an arch over the lintel."
25.verb(of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve."The arches spring from the front posts."
26.verbTo turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
27.verbTo raise a vessel's sheer.
28.verb(cobblery) To raise a last's toe.
29.verbTo pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.
30.verbTo raise an offered price.
31.verbTo act as a spring: to strongly rebound.
32.verbTo equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
33.verbTo provide spring or elasticity
34.verbTo inspire, to motivate.
35.verbTo deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place."A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning."
36.verb(now rare) To reach maturity, to be fully grown.
37.verb(chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
38.verb(of rattles) To sound, to play.
39.verbTo spend the springtime somewhere
40.verbTo hold tightly, to clasp.
41.verbTo apply a force or forces to by stretching out."Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues."
42.verbTo damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force."The gale strained the timbers of the ship."
43.verbTo act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
44.verbTo exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable."Sitting in back, I strained to hear the speaker."
45.verbTo stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning."to strain the law in order to convict an accused person"
46.verbTo separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander
47.verbTo percolate; to be filtered."water straining through a sandy soil"
48.verbTo make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
49.verbTo urge with importunity; to press."to strain a petition or invitation"
50.verbHug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.
51.verbTo beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world."A man straineth, liveth, then dieth."