Spring
noun
The season after winter and before summer when plants begin to bloom.
The flowers start blooming in the spring.
Often appears as...
- spring weather
- spring break
verb
To suddenly jump or move quickly and directly.
He sprang up from his chair when he heard the news.
Often appears as...
- spring into action
- spring to mind
noun
A device that can be pressed, twisted, or stretched and return to its original shape.
She has a spring in her matress that always makes noise.
Often appears as...
- coil spring
- spring mattress
noun
A place where water naturally flows out from the ground.
We took a hike to the natural spring.
Often appears as...
- hot spring
- spring water
verb
To cause something to happen or exist.
Where did this argument spring from?
Often appears as...
- spring a leak
- spring a surprise on someone
verb
To appear or be produced suddenly.
Tears sprang to her eyes.
Often appears as...
- spring a leak
- spring into existence
verb
To pay for something as a treat for someone.
I'll spring for dinner tonight.
Often appears as...
- spring for a meal
- spring for drinks
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
The season after winter and before summer when plants begin to bloom.
The flowers start blooming in the spring.
Often appears as...
- spring weather
- spring break
verb
To suddenly jump or move quickly and directly.
He sprang up from his chair when he heard the news.
Often appears as...
- spring into action
- spring to mind
noun
A device that can be pressed, twisted, or stretched and return to its original shape.
She has a spring in her matress that always makes noise.
Often appears as...
- coil spring
- spring mattress
noun
A place where water naturally flows out from the ground.
We took a hike to the natural spring.
Often appears as...
- hot spring
- spring water
verb
To cause something to happen or exist.
Where did this argument spring from?
Often appears as...
- spring a leak
- spring a surprise on someone
verb
To appear or be produced suddenly.
Tears sprang to her eyes.
Often appears as...
- spring a leak
- spring into existence
verb
To pay for something as a treat for someone.
I'll spring for dinner tonight.
Often appears as...
- spring for a meal
- spring for drinks
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/2Season Timing
Remember, spring is tied to climate; it may occur at different times in different regions.
In Australia, spring begins in September.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Events
Many cultures have festivals to celebrate the arrival of spring.
Japan is famous for its spring cherry blossom festivals.
Pro Tip 1/2Season Timing
Remember, spring is tied to climate; it may occur at different times in different regions.
In Australia, spring begins in September.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Events
Many cultures have festivals to celebrate the arrival of spring.
Japan is famous for its spring cherry blossom festivals.
Pro Tip 1/2Season Timing
Remember, spring is tied to climate; it may occur at different times in different regions.
In Australia, spring begins in September.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Events
Many cultures have festivals to celebrate the arrival of spring.
Japan is famous for its spring cherry blossom festivals.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
fast cats reflexes really are from the point where they sweep the whiskers forward with the muscles contract and then relax back and the whiskers spring back again the mass doesn't have a chance far thicker and longer than normal hares whiskers also sit three times deeper in the skin where they attach to nerve endings telling the cat
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A brief history of...
To understand the sadness of the trees losing their leaves in the fall is to more fully understand the cycle of life that brings flowers in the spring. But wisdom and emotional intelligence seem pretty high on the hierarchy of needs. Does sadness have value on a more basic, tangible, maybe even evolutionary level?
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How to escape...
you cherish and value the relationships between teachers and learners, you offer people the discretion to be creative and to innovate in what they do, and schools that were once bereft spring to life. Great leaders know that. The real role of leadership in education -- and I think it's true at the national level,
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Why are there so many...
breeders first need to find parent apples that carry those characteristics. Once the parents have been selected, they have to wait until the trees bloom in the spring. The breeder takes the pollen from one bloom, called the father, and transfers it by hand to the other parent bloom, called the mother,
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Exploring Ancient...
their career or their lifetime what we have here is is really a unique opportunity to document the fact that folks have been attracted to this lovely spring side setting since the since before the end of the last ice age Spring Lake is a time capsule and the
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Where do new words come...
it might seem we already have plenty. Yet, as our world changes, new ideas and inventions spring forth, and science progresses, our existing words leave gaps in what we want to express and we fill those gaps in several ingenious, practical,
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How math saved my life PIPE...
well after graduation life continued on like one big spring break I mean we would go out to bars and party nightly and having bad hair and working out was literally a priority for me at the time as long as we could party chase girls
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Nail-Biting Leopard...
i have never seen anything like this in my life if she gets any closer guys don't move a muscle knowing that she's perfectly capable of springing into the back of our truck in an instant certainly heightens the nerves
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How Do Cats Use Their...
and the whiskers spring back again, the mouse doesn't have a chance. Far thicker and longer than normal hairs whiskers also sit three times deeper in the skin where they attach to nerve endings,
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Ferocious Hornet Moments...
butchered the succulent and nutritious flesh will be a massive boost to the hornet's own larvae and their queen's fortunes for the first month of spring the queen
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
fast cats reflexes really are from the point where they sweep the whiskers forward with the muscles contract and then relax back and the whiskers spring back again the mass doesn't have a chance far thicker and longer than normal hares whiskers also sit three times deeper in the skin where they attach to nerve endings telling the cat
Video examples
A brief history of...
To understand the sadness of the trees losing their leaves in the fall is to more fully understand the cycle of life that brings flowers in the spring. But wisdom and emotional intelligence seem pretty high on the hierarchy of needs. Does sadness have value on a more basic, tangible, maybe even evolutionary level?
Video examples
How to escape...
you cherish and value the relationships between teachers and learners, you offer people the discretion to be creative and to innovate in what they do, and schools that were once bereft spring to life. Great leaders know that. The real role of leadership in education -- and I think it's true at the national level,
Video examples
Why are there so many...
breeders first need to find parent apples that carry those characteristics. Once the parents have been selected, they have to wait until the trees bloom in the spring. The breeder takes the pollen from one bloom, called the father, and transfers it by hand to the other parent bloom, called the mother,
Video examples
Exploring Ancient...
their career or their lifetime what we have here is is really a unique opportunity to document the fact that folks have been attracted to this lovely spring side setting since the since before the end of the last ice age Spring Lake is a time capsule and the
Video examples
Where do new words come...
it might seem we already have plenty. Yet, as our world changes, new ideas and inventions spring forth, and science progresses, our existing words leave gaps in what we want to express and we fill those gaps in several ingenious, practical,
Video examples
How math saved my life PIPE...
well after graduation life continued on like one big spring break I mean we would go out to bars and party nightly and having bad hair and working out was literally a priority for me at the time as long as we could party chase girls
Video examples
Nail-Biting Leopard...
i have never seen anything like this in my life if she gets any closer guys don't move a muscle knowing that she's perfectly capable of springing into the back of our truck in an instant certainly heightens the nerves
Video examples
How Do Cats Use Their...
and the whiskers spring back again, the mouse doesn't have a chance. Far thicker and longer than normal hairs whiskers also sit three times deeper in the skin where they attach to nerve endings,
Video examples
Ferocious Hornet Moments...
butchered the succulent and nutritious flesh will be a massive boost to the hornet's own larvae and their queen's fortunes for the first month of spring the queen
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Quote examples
Roy Haynes
American Musician
I like to express certain things that happen in my life, the joy of spring, the birds singing and young babies coming into the world. You know, the whole thing as well as the part I'm not happy with, the sad part.
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Jim Rohn
American Businessman
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
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Pete Gallego
American Politician
My family never took vacations; we never traveled together. We never did anything. My spring breaks were going home to help my dad at the restaurant.
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Rasika Dugal
Indian Actress
A well-written character is one where you don't know in which direction it's going; the character could spring a surprise any moment.
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Friedrich Schiller
German Dramatist
There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
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Terence
Roman Writer
Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.
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Thomas Campion
English Composer
From heav'nly thoughts all true delight doth spring.
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Hal Borland
American Author
No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
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David Hume
Scottish Philosopher
Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
Quote examples
Roy Haynes
American Musician
I like to express certain things that happen in my life, the joy of spring, the birds singing and young babies coming into the world. You know, the whole thing as well as the part I'm not happy with, the sad part.
Quote examples
Jim Rohn
American Businessman
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
Quote examples
Pete Gallego
American Politician
My family never took vacations; we never traveled together. We never did anything. My spring breaks were going home to help my dad at the restaurant.
Quote examples
Rasika Dugal
Indian Actress
A well-written character is one where you don't know in which direction it's going; the character could spring a surprise any moment.
Quote examples
Friedrich Schiller
German Dramatist
There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
Quote examples
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
Quote examples
Terence
Roman Writer
Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.
Quote examples
Thomas Campion
English Composer
From heav'nly thoughts all true delight doth spring.
Quote examples
Hal Borland
American Author
No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
Quote examples
David Hume
Scottish Philosopher
Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
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