spring
♦♦ spring /spr'ɪŋ/ (springs springing sprang sprung)
1 [N-VAR]
Spring is the season between winter and summer when the weather becomes warmer and plants start to grow again.
We met again in the spring of 1977.
2 [N-COUNT]
A spring is a spiral of wire which returns to its original shape after it is pressed or pulled.
Both springs in the fuel pump were broken.
3 [N-COUNT] usu pl
A spring is a place where water comes up through the ground. It is also the water that comes from that place.
To the north are the hot springs of Banyas de Sant Loan.
4 [VERB] V prep, V prep, V
When a person or animal springs, they jump upwards or forwards suddenly or quickly.
He sprang to his feet, grabbing his keys off the coffee table...
Throwing back the sheet, he sprang from the bed...
The lion roared once and sprang.
5 [VERB] V adj
If something springs in a particular direction, it moves suddenly and quickly.
Sadly when the lid of the boot sprang open, it was empty.
6 [VERB] V from n
If one thing springs from another thing, it is the result of it.
Ethiopia's art springs from her early Christian as well as her Muslim heritage...
= stem
7 [VERB] V n
If a boat or container springs a leak, water or some other liquid starts coming in or out through a crack.
The yacht has sprung a leak in the hull.
8 [VERB] V n on n
If you spring some news or a surprise on someone, you tell them something that they did not expect to hear, without warning them.
Mclaren sprang a new idea on him.
9
to spring to mind: see mindspring chick|en (spring chickens)
[PHRASE] usu v-link PHR
If you say that someone is no spring chicken, you are saying that they are not young. (HUMOROUS)
At 85, he is no spring chicken, but Henry Cook is busier than ever.spring on|ion (spring onions)
[N-VAR] usu pl
Spring onions are small onions with long green leaves. They are often eaten raw in salads. (BRIT; in AM, use scallion)spring roll (spring rolls)
[N-COUNT]
A spring roll is a Chinese food consisting of a small roll of thin pastry filled with vegetables and sometimes meat, and then fried.spring tide (spring tides)
[N-COUNT]
A spring tide is an unusually high tide that happens at the time of a new moon or a full moon.spring up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
If something springs up, it suddenly appears or begins to exist.
New theatres and arts centres sprang up all over the country.
1 [N-VAR]
Spring is the season between winter and summer when the weather becomes warmer and plants start to grow again.
We met again in the spring of 1977.
2 [N-COUNT]
A spring is a spiral of wire which returns to its original shape after it is pressed or pulled.
Both springs in the fuel pump were broken.
3 [N-COUNT] usu pl
A spring is a place where water comes up through the ground. It is also the water that comes from that place.
To the north are the hot springs of Banyas de Sant Loan.
4 [VERB] V prep, V prep, V
When a person or animal springs, they jump upwards or forwards suddenly or quickly.
He sprang to his feet, grabbing his keys off the coffee table...
Throwing back the sheet, he sprang from the bed...
The lion roared once and sprang.
5 [VERB] V adj
If something springs in a particular direction, it moves suddenly and quickly.
Sadly when the lid of the boot sprang open, it was empty.
6 [VERB] V from n
If one thing springs from another thing, it is the result of it.
Ethiopia's art springs from her early Christian as well as her Muslim heritage...
= stem
7 [VERB] V n
If a boat or container springs a leak, water or some other liquid starts coming in or out through a crack.
The yacht has sprung a leak in the hull.
8 [VERB] V n on n
If you spring some news or a surprise on someone, you tell them something that they did not expect to hear, without warning them.
Mclaren sprang a new idea on him.
9
to spring to mind: see mindspring chick|en (spring chickens)
[PHRASE] usu v-link PHR
If you say that someone is no spring chicken, you are saying that they are not young. (HUMOROUS)
At 85, he is no spring chicken, but Henry Cook is busier than ever.spring on|ion (spring onions)
[N-VAR] usu pl
Spring onions are small onions with long green leaves. They are often eaten raw in salads. (BRIT; in AM, use scallion)spring roll (spring rolls)
[N-COUNT]
A spring roll is a Chinese food consisting of a small roll of thin pastry filled with vegetables and sometimes meat, and then fried.spring tide (spring tides)
[N-COUNT]
A spring tide is an unusually high tide that happens at the time of a new moon or a full moon.spring up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
If something springs up, it suddenly appears or begins to exist.
New theatres and arts centres sprang up all over the country.