Définitions
1.VerbTo move or burst forth."The boat sprang a leak and began to sink.; He hit the gas and the car sprang to life.; Deer spring with their hind legs, using their front hooves to steady themselves.; He sprang from peasant stock."
2.VerbTo appear.
3.VerbTo grow, to sprout.
To mature.
4.VerbTo mature.
5.VerbTo arise, to come into existence.
6.VerbTo enliven."He hit the gas and the car sprang to life."
7.VerbTo move with great speed and energy."Deer spring with their hind legs, using their front hooves to steady themselves."
8.VerbTo be born, descend, or originate from"He sprang from peasant stock."
9.VerbTo rise in social position or military rank, to be promoted.
10.VerbTo cause to spring (all senses).
To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure."He sprang the trap."
11.VerbTo cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure."He sprang the trap."
12.VerbTo leap over.
13.VerbTo breed with, to impregnate.
14.VerbTo wet, to moisten.
15.VerbTo burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
16.VerbTo go off.
17.VerbTo crack.
18.VerbTo come upon and flush out.
19.VerbTo catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
20.VerbTo begin.
21.VerbTo put bad money into circulation.
22.VerbTo tell, to share."Sorry to spring it on you like this but I've been offered another job."
23.VerbTo free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape."His lieutenants hired a team of miners to help spring him."
24.VerbTo be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
25.VerbTo secure a person's release from custody; to free or bail out of jail.
26.VerbTo build, to form the initial curve of."They sprung an arch over the lintel."
27.VerbTo extend, to curve."The arches spring from the front posts."
28.VerbTo turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
29.VerbTo pay or spend a certain sum, to yield.
30.VerbTo raise an offered price.
31.VerbAlternative form of sprain.
32.VerbAlternative form of strain.
33.VerbTo act as a spring: to strongly rebound.
34.VerbTo equip with springs, especially to equip with a suspension.
35.Verbto inspire, to motivate.
36.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.; He sprang in the slat."
37.VerbTo swell with milk or pregnancy.
38.VerbTo sound, to play.
39.VerbTo find or get enough food during springtime.
40.NounAn act of springing: a leap, a jump.
41.NounThe 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."Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.; You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.; Chinese New Year always occurs in January or February but is called the "Spring Festival" throughout East Asia because it is reckoned as the beginning of their spring.; I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.; The spring issue will be out next week."
42.NounThe period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars."Chinese New Year always occurs in January or February but is called the "Spring Festival" throughout East Asia because it is reckoned as the beginning of their spring."
43.NounThe three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere."I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.; The spring issue will be out next week."
44.NounThe time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
a period of political liberalization and democratization"Arab Spring; Prague Spring"
45.Nouna period of political liberalization and democratization"Arab Spring; Prague Spring"
46.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.
47.NounSomething which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
A spray or body of water springing from the ground."This beer was brewed with pure spring water.; We jumped so hard the bed springs broke.; You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much."
48.NounA spray or body of water springing from the ground."This beer was brewed with pure spring water."
49.NounThe rising of the sea at high tide.
50.NounEllipsis of spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
51.NounAn elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched."We jumped so hard the bed springs broke."
52.NounA line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
53.NounA line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement."You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much."
54.NounA race, a lineage.
55.NounA youth.
56.NounA shoot, a young tree.
57.NounA grove of trees; a forest.
58.NounAn erection of the penis. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
59.NounA crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or a plank or seam.
60.NounSpringiness: an attribute or quality of springing, springing up, or springing back, particularly
Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc."the spring of a bow"
61.NounElasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc."the spring of a bow"
62.NounElastic energy, power, or force.
63.NounThe source from which an action or supply of something springs.
64.NounSomething which causes others or another to spring forth or spring into action, particularly
A cause, a motive, etc.
A lively piece of music.
65.NounA cause, a motive, etc.
66.NounA lively piece of music.
67.VerbTo spend the springtime somewhere.