intransitive verb. To move upward or forward in a single quick motion or a series of such motions; leap.

intransitive verb. To move suddenly, especially because of being resilient or moved by a spring.

intransitive verb. To start doing something suddenly.

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intransitive verb. To appear or come into being quickly.

intransitive verb. To issue or emerge suddenly.

intransitive verb. To arise from a source; develop: synonym: stem.

intransitive verb. To extend or curve upward, as a rafter or arch.

intransitive verb. To become warped, split, or cracked. Used of wood.

intransitive verb. To move out of place; come loose, as parts of a mechanism.

intransitive verb. To buy something or pay an expense.

intransitive verb. To cause to leap, dart, or come forth suddenly.

intransitive verb. To release from a checked or inoperative position.

intransitive verb. To present or disclose unexpectedly or suddenly.

intransitive verb. To cause to be released from prison or other confinement.

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intransitive verb. To cause to warp, split, or crack, as a mast.

intransitive verb. To have (a mast, for example) warp, split, or crack.

noun. An elastic device, such as a coil of wire, that regains its original shape after being compressed or extended.

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noun. Elasticity; resilience.

noun. Energetic bounce.

noun. The act or an instance of jumping or leaping.

noun. A usually rapid return to normal shape after removal of stress; recoil.

noun. A small stream of water flowing naturally from the earth.

noun. A source, beginning, or motive.

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noun. The season of the year between winter and summer, during which the weather becomes warmer and plants revive, extending in the Northern Hemisphere from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice and popularly considered to include the months of March, April, and May. In the Southern Hemisphere austral spring includes September, October, and November.

noun. A time of growth and renewal.

noun. A warping, bending, or cracking, as that caused by excessive force.

noun. The point at which an arch or vault rises from its support.

adjective. Of or acting like a spring; resilient.

adjective. Having or supported by springs.

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adjective. Relating to or occurring in spring.

adjective. Grown during the season of spring.

idiom. (spring a leak) To starting leak a fluid suddenly.

To fit with springs, as a carriage or a motor-vehicle.

noun. In golf, the movement of a ball lying in a small cup or hollow when struck with a straight-faced club.

noun. A helical spring made by coiling a cylindrical or round steel rod around a mandrel.

To leap up; jump.

To move with leaps; bound along; rush.

Specifically To start up; rise suddenly, as a bird from a covert.

To be impelled with speed or violence; shoot; fly; dart.

To start, recoil, fly back, etc., as from a forced position; escape from constraint; give; relax; especially, to yield to natural elasticity or to the force of a spring. See spring, n., 9.

To be shivered or shattered; split; crack.

To come into being; begin to grow; shoot up; come up; arise; specifically, of the day, to dawn: said of any kind of genesis or beginning, and often followed by up.

To take one's birth, rise, or origin (from or out of any one or any thing); be derived; proceed, as from a specified source, stock, or set of conditions.

To come into view or notice; be spread by popular report; gain fame or prevalence.

To rise above a given level; have a relatively great elevation; tower.