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The word spring is in the Wiktionary

107 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • spring v. (Intransitive) To burst forth.
  • spring v. (Transitive, archaic, of beards) To grow.
  • spring v. (Transitive) To cause to burst forth.
  • spring v. (Transitive, obsolete) To make wet, to moisten.
  • spring v. (Intransitive, usually with "to" or "up") To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.
  • spring v. (Intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
  • spring v. (Obsolete, military) to go off.
  • spring v. (Transitive, military) To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.
  • spring v. (Intransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
  • spring v. (Transitive, nautical) To have something crack.
  • spring v. (Transitive, nautical) To cause to crack.
  • spring v. (Transitive, figurative) To surprise by sudden or deft action.
  • spring v. (Transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
  • spring v. (Intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
  • spring v. (Transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
  • spring v. (Transitive, obsolete, nautical) To raise a vessel’s sheer.
  • spring v. (Transitive, obsolete, cobblery) To raise a last’s toe.
  • spring v. (Transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.
  • spring v. (Obsolete, intransitive, slang) To raise an offered price.
  • spring v. (Transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.
  • spring v. (Transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.
  • spring v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.
  • spring v. (Transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
  • spring v. (Transitive, rare, obsolete) To provide spring or elasticity.
  • spring v. (Figurative, rare, obsolete) to inspire, to motivate.
  • spring v. (Transitive, intransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally…
  • spring v. (Intransitive, now rare) To reach maturity, to be fully grown.
  • spring v. (Intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
  • spring v. (Transitive, of rattles, archaic) To sound, to play.
  • spring v. (Intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere.
  • spring n. (Countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
  • spring n. (Countable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into…
  • spring n. (Uncountable, figurative) The time of something’s growth; the early stages of some process.
  • spring n. (Countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely…
  • spring n. (Countable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly.
  • spring n. (Countable, slang) An erection of the penis. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  • spring n. (Countable, nautical, obsolete) A crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or (rare) a plank or seam.
  • spring n. (Uncountable) Springiness: an attribute or quality of springing, springing up, or springing back, particularly.
  • spring n. (Countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
  • spring n. (Countable) Something which causes others or another to spring forth or spring into action, particularly.
  • Spring prop.n. (Countable) A surname.
  • Spring prop.n. Alternative form of spring, the season of warmth and new vegetation following winter.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Danish
    • spring n. Spring, jump, vault, leap.
  • Danish - Norwegian bokmål
    • spring v. Imperative of springe.
  • Hunsrik
  • Icelandic
    • spring v. Inflection of springa…
  • Middle english
    • spring n. Alternative form of spryng.
    • spring v. Alternative form of spryngen.
  • Norwegian nynorsk
  • Romanian
    • Șpring prop.n. A commune of Alba, Romania.
    • Șpring prop.n. A village in Șpring, Alba, Romania.
  • Scots
    • spring n. Spring, springtime.
    • spring n. Growth of vegetation in springtime.
    • spring v. To spring.
    • spring v. To leap over, cross at a bound.
    • spring v. To put forth, send up or out.
    • spring v. To burst, split, break apart, break into.
    • spring v. To dance a reel.
  • Swedish
    • spring n. A running (back and forth).
    • spring v. Imperative of springa.
— English words, defined in German —
  • spring S. Die Jahreszeit zwischen Winter und Sommer; der Frühling.
  • spring S. Ursprung eines Flusses, fließenden Gewässers; die Quelle.
  • spring S. Technik: meist metallisches Bauteil, das durch elastische Verformung mechanische Energie speichern und…
  • spring V. Sich mit Geschwindigkeit und Kraft oder als Strom/Strahl bewegen; schnellen, springen.
  • spring V. Häufig ‚spring up‘: schnell/plötzlich in Erscheinung treten, auftauchen.
— English words, defined in Dutch —
  • spring n. Bron.
  • spring n. Lente.
  • spring n. Veer.
  • spring w. Ontspringen, ontspruiten, ontstaan.
  • spring w. Springen.
— English words, defined in French —
  • spring n. Printemps.
  • spring n. Source d’eau.
  • spring n. Ressort.
  • spring v. Naître.
  • spring v. Sauter, s’élancer, jaillir.
— English words, defined in Spanish —
  • spring v. Saltar.
  • spring v. Llegar de repente.
  • spring v. Surgir, brotar, nacer.
  • spring v. Descender.
  • spring v. Explotar.
  • spring v. Liberar de disparar algo que se sujeta con un resorte u otro material elástico.
  • spring v. Hacer saltar.
  • spring v. Estirar un resorte o similar más alla del límite de resistencia elástica.
  • spring s. Salto, brinco.
  • spring s. Elasticidad.
  • spring s. Resorte.
  • spring s. Manantial, fuente.
  • spring s. Primavera.
  • spring adj. Primaveral.
— English words, defined in Portuguese —
  • spring s. Primavera.
  • spring s. Fonte; nascente de água.
  • spring s. Mola.
  • spring s. (Náutica) espringue.
  • spring v. Começar a existir.
  • spring v. Pular.
— English words, defined in Italian —
  • spring s. Abbrivo.
  • spring s. Slancio.
  • spring s. Molla a spirale.
  • spring s. (Astronomia) primavera.
  • spring s. Sorgente, fonte.
— In German —
  • spring V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs springen.
— In Dutch —
  • spring n. Springtij, springvloed.
  • spring n. Tros die wordt uitgebracht in een richting tegen die van…
  • spring w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van springen.
  • spring w. Gebiedende wijs van springen.
  • spring w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van springen.
— In French —
  • spring n.m. (Canada) (Anglicisme) (Familier) Ressort.
207 English words from 60 English definitions

act action add Alba Alternative anchor and another apart archaic arches architecture are attached attribute back back␣and␣forth beards become bound break break␣into build burst burst␣forth cable Can cause causes certain chiefly cobblery commune cough cough␣up Countable cows crack cross curve dance deform deft detonate dialectal early elasticity equip erection especially example excessive explode extend extremely eyes fashion figurative following for form forth from fully go␣off ground grow grown growth hair has have Imperative Inflection initial inspire intentionally into intransitive its ivory jump last leap make mast maturity military milk moisten motivate nautical new not now obsolete off offered open others out over owing owing␣to particularly pay peach penis perfective pieces plank plants play Plural pregnancy Present pressure price process provide put put␣forth quality raise rare rattles reach rebound reel regions rise Romania running seam season send send␣up sense set set␣off shatter sheer skin slang some Someone something somewhere sound source spar spend split sprain spring springe Springiness springing springing␣back springing␣up spring␣into␣action springs springs␣back springs␣up springtime sprung sprung␣up stages strain strongly sudden suddenly sum supply surname surprise suspension swell tears temperate that the this time toe to␣go tone Transitive turn Uncountable up␣or␣out using usually vault vegetation vehicles vessel village warmth warped well well␣up wet which winter with year

36 English words from 47 foreign definitions

algo als Canada con das del der des Descender die eau een Fonte Kraft Lente material Mola Molla Person primavera Primaveral que Salto Sauter Sich similar Singular Sommer Source spring spring␣up und van Veer Verbs Winter

105 foreign words from 47 foreign definitions

Abbrivo água Aktiv alla Anglicisme Astronomia auftauchen Bauteil bewegen Bij brinco Bron brotar Começar de␣repente disparar durch Eerste Eerste␣persoon eines élancer elástica Elasticidad elástico elastische Energie enkelvoud Erscheinung espringue Estirar existir Explotar Familier fließenden Flusses fonte Frühling fuente Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs Geschwindigkeit Gewässers Hacer Häufig Imperativ inversie Jahreszeit jaillir Liberar límite Llegar Manantial más mechanische meist metallisches mit nacer Naître nascente Náutica oder Ontspringen ontspruiten ontstaan otro persoon plötzlich Präsens Printemps Pular Quelle repente resistencia resorte Ressort richting saltar schnell schnellen Slancio Sorgente speichern spirale springen Springtij springvloed Strahl Strom sujeta Surgir Technik tegen tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd treten Tros tweede tweede␣persoon uitgebracht Ursprung Verformung wijs wordt zwischen

284 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

springe springs Springs springy springal springed springer Springer springes springle springly spring␣up springald springall Springall springals Spring␣Bay spring␣bed springboc springbok Springbok springers springest springeth spring␣for springful spring␣gun Springham springier springily springing springled springles springlet Springman spring␣mix spring␣net springold spring␣out spring␣pin springs␣up Springton springalds springalls springback spring␣back spring␣beam spring␣beds springbock springbocs +234 words

150 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

C␣springs Ospringe atsprings espringal lasprings resprings unsprings unspringy upsprings Bay␣Springs bedsprings bow␣springs boxsprings box-springs box␣springs cee␣springs daysprings espringals hotsprings hot␣springs Hot␣Springs mid-springs offsprings outsprings rumspringa atspringing coil␣springs Cold␣Springs drawsprings Fish␣Springs foresprings Goodsprings hairsprings handsprings hand-springs headsprings land␣springs leafsprings leaf-springs leaf␣springs lifesprings mainsprings nanosprings necksprings oversprings Palm␣Springs respringing Rocksprings rumspringas Soda␣Springs +100 words

70 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

C␣spring atspring laspring ofspring Oxspring respring unspring upspring bedspring Big␣Spring bow␣spring boxspring box-spring box␣spring cee␣spring CRISPRing dayspring hotspring hot␣spring midspring mid-spring offspring outspring prespring Arab␣Spring coil␣spring Coldspring Cold␣Spring drawspring forespring hairspring handspring hand-spring headspring land␣spring leafspring leaf-spring leaf␣spring lifespring mainspring nanospring neckspring overspring wall␣spring wellspring Woodspring clockspring Green␣Spring hydrospring innerspring +20 words

10 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ing -ing -ïng PRI prin Pring rin ring Ring SPR

10 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

GNI irp IRP irps IRPs NIR N.␣Ir. NIRPS RPs RPS

36 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

C␣spring gnisrap parings parsing persing Persing pig-runs pig␣runs pingers porings prising prosign prosing pryings pursing rapings rasping rings␣up risping ropings RSVPing sparing Spigner SPINA-GR spiring 'spiring sporing springe springs Springs springy sproing spruing Spurgin spy␣ring ungrips

15 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

girns grins grips NIRPS pings Pings PIRGs pirns prigs Pring Prins PRNGs rings sping sprig

14 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

siring soring sprang Sprang Sprigg sprink sprint sprong sprung spuing spying string syring Syring

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Pring sping sprig

7 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

sparing spiring 'spiring sporing sproing spruing spy␣ring


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