Know Your Next Word : spring
13. spring :
noun & verb & adjective :
1. a sudden movement caused by the release of something elastic
2. a source or fountainhead of something
3. to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position
4. to come into being by growth, as from a seed or germ, bulb, root, etc.
5. resting on or containing mechanical springs
6. of, pertaining to, characteristic of or suitable for the season of spring
usage :
The door sprang open and in he walked.
Blood sprang from the wound.
An objection sprang to mind.
There is a spring in his walk.
This board has spring in it.
spring flowers
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