spring

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈspɹɪŋ/]

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1. spring (noun) — sense 1

Definition: An act of springing: a leap, a jump.

Example: The pris'ner with a spring from prison broke;
Then stretch'd his feather'd fans with all his might,
And to the neighb'ring maple wing'd his flight.

2. spring (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.

Example: Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.

3. spring (noun) — sense 3

Definition: The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.: The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.

Example: Chinese New Year always occurs in January or February but is called the "Spring Festival" throughout East Asia because it is reckoned as the beginning of their spring.

4. spring (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To spend the springtime somewhere.

Example: True it is that, owing to the migratory propensities of our countrymen, every third man has wintered at Naples, springed at Vienna, summered in Switzerland, and autumned on the banks of the Lago Maggiore;

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