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  • 41spring — spring1 [ sprıŋ ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the season of the year between winter and summer: early/late spring last/this/next spring in (the) spring: In spring the garden is a feast of blossoms. a ) only before noun happening in spring or… …

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  • 42spring — [[t]sprɪŋ[/t]] v. sprangor, often, sprung; sprung; spring•ing; 1) to rise, leap, or move suddenly and swiftly: a tiger about to spring[/ex] 2) to be released suddenly from a constrained position: The door sprang open[/ex] 3) to issue forth… …

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  • 43spring — I. verb (sprang or sprung; sprung; springing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English springan; akin to Old High German springan to jump and perhaps to Greek sperchesthai to hasten Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 44spring — verb (past sprang or chiefly N. Amer. sprung; past participle sprung) 1》 move suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards.     ↘cause (a game bird) to rise from cover. 2》 move suddenly by or as if by the action of a spring. 3》 operate or cause to… …

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  • 45spring — I UK [sprɪŋ] / US noun Word forms spring : singular spring plural springs *** 1) a) [countable/uncountable] the season of the year between winter and summer early/late spring last/this/next spring in (the) spring: The garden is so beautiful in… …

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  • 46spring — Synonyms and related words: Eastertide, Highland fling, Lastex, Maytime, accrue from, adaptability, adolescence, aestival, air mattress, airiness, ambition, anabasis, and jump, appear, arctic, arise, arrive, ascension, ascent, aspiration, autumn …

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  • 47spring — I n. season 1) an early spring 2) in (the) spring 3) (misc.) there is a touch of spring in the air; a harbinger of spring source of water 4) a hot, thermal; mineral; subterranean spring bounce, elasticity 5) a spring to (there was a spring to her …

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  • 48spring — 1. verb 1) the cat sprang off her lap Syn: leap, jump, bound, vault, hop 2) the branch sprang back Syn: fly, whip, flick, whisk, kick, bounce 3) …

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  • 49spring*/*/ — [sprɪŋ] noun I 1) [C/U] the season between winter and summer The garden is so beautiful in spring.[/ex] 2) [C] a place where water flows up from under the ground and forms a small stream or pool 3) [C] a long thin piece of metal that is twisted… …

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  • 50spring — 1. verb /sprɪŋ/ a) To start to exist. Sometimes the ideas spring to life fully formed. b) To jump or leap. He sprang up from his seat. Syn …

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