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- pronunciation:
- sprIng
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
springs, springing, sprang, sprung |
| definition 1: |
to move out or upward quickly or suddenly; jump.
The frog sprang out of my hands.The thief sprang from his hiding place.
- synonyms:
- bound, dart, hop, jump, leap, vault
- similar words:
- bolt, bounce, caper, catapult, lunge, start
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| definition 2: |
to change position suddenly or unexpectedly.
The door sprang open.- synonyms:
- dart, dash, jump, leap, pop, start, vault
- similar words:
- bound, shoot, snap
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| definition 3: |
to close or move quickly when activated or released.
The trap springs when a mouse enters.- synonyms:
- pop, snap
- similar words:
- catapult, kick, react, rebound, recoil, recover
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| definition 4: |
to originate or develop from someone or something.
- synonyms:
- arise, descend, develop, grow, stem
- similar words:
- burgeon, dawn, derive, emerge, germinate, rise, sprout, swell
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| definition 5: |
to come into being or evolve quickly.
- synonyms:
- burgeon, burst, crop up, mushroom, pop, shoot up, sprout, start
- similar words:
- derive, rise
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| definition 6: |
to become warped, as wood.
- synonyms:
- warp
- similar words:
- buckle, bulge, contort, give, twist
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| definition 7: |
to work loose, as part of a machine.
- synonyms:
- unscrew
- similar words:
- break, burst, bust, pop, rupture
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| related words: |
bolt, career, dart, fly, hop, jump, leap, plunge, proceed, race, result, start, vault, well |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to cause to leap, move, or jump suddenly.
- synonyms:
- dart, snap
- similar words:
- pop, propel, shoot, thrust
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| definition 2: |
to cause (a device) to release or activate.
A mouse sprang the trap.- synonyms:
- pop, snap, trigger
- similar words:
- release, set off
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| definition 3: |
to allow to break forth.
The pipes sprang a leak.- similar words:
- develop, form
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| definition 4: |
to release or disclose.
They sprang a bird from the cage.He sprung a secret.- synonyms:
- free, let out, release, unleash, unloose
- similar words:
- disclose, divulge, undo, unfasten
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| definition 5: |
(slang) to release from confinement, such as prison.
- synonyms:
- free
- similar words:
- break, liberate, release
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| related words: |
bounce, catapult, kick, leap |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an elastic device or object that regains its original shape after being compressed, stretched out, or otherwise distorted.
- similar words:
- bound
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| definition 2: |
a quick and sudden movement; jump.
- synonyms:
- bound, hop, leap, vault
- similar words:
- bounce, jump, skip
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| definition 3: |
lightness of foot; bounciness.
a spring in her step- synonyms:
- bounce, sprightliness
- similar words:
- skip
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| definition 4: |
a flow of water from the earth.
- synonyms:
- fount, well
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| definition 5: |
elasticity; resilience.
the spring in a tennis ball- synonyms:
- bounce, elasticity, flexibility, give, resilience, stretch
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| definition 6: |
a structural defect caused by breaking or warping.
- synonyms:
- distortion, warp
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| definition 7: |
a season of the year between winter and summer, in the northern hemisphere continuing from the March equinox to the June solstice.
These flowers will bloom again in the spring.- synonyms:
- springtime
- similar words:
- prime
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| related words: |
bolt, bounce, caper, dart, hop, kick, kickback, leap, plunge, thaw, vault |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
pertaining to or characteristic of the season of spring.
- synonyms:
- vernal
- similar words:
- equinoctial
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| definition 2: |
appropriate for the season of spring.
spring clothes- similar words:
- vernal
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| definition 3: |
containing or working by springs.
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| derivation: |
springlike (adj.) |
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