spring
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(verb) develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak" |
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Related Words: acquire, develop, get, grow, produce |
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(verb) produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving" |
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Related Words: break, bring out, declare, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, impart, let on, let out, reveal |
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(satellite adjective) occurring in or appropriate to the season of spring; "spring rains"; "springtime activities" |
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Synonyms: springtime |
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(verb) produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang a new haircut on his wife" |
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Related Words: bring on, bring out, produce |
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(noun) a metal device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed; "the spring was broken" |
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Related Words: bedspring, coil spring, elastic device, leaf spring, mainspring, spiral spring, volute spring |
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(noun) a point at which water issues forth |
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Related Words: beginning, origin, root, source |
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(noun) a natural flow of ground water |
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Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outflow, outpouring |
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Related Words: Fountain of Youth, formation, geological formation, geology, geyser, hot spring, thermal spring |
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(noun) the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year" |
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Synonyms: springtime |
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Related Words: season, time of year |
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(noun) the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length |
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Synonyms: give, springiness |
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Related Words: elasticity |
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(noun) a light springing movement upwards or forwards |
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Synonyms: bounce, bound, leap, leaping |
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Related Words: jump, jumping, pounce |
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(verb) spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced" |
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Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, ricochet, take a hop |
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Related Words: bound, bound off, carom, glance, jump, kick, kick back, leap, recoil, skip, spring |
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(verb) move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" |
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Synonyms: bound, jump, leap |
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Related Words: bounce, bound, burst, caper, capriole, curvet, galumph, hop, hop-skip, leapfrog, move, overleap, pronk, rebound, recoil, ricochet, saltate, ski jump, skip, spring, take a hop, vault |
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(verb) develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape" |
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Synonyms: form, take form, take shape |
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Related Words: bead, become, regenerate |
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