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spring

spring

96 1.0
A place where water flows out of the ground
  • noun
  • /sprɪŋ/
: manantial
  • The history of the Choaquere Puquio, a spring in the highlands of the community Choaquere, provides a telling example.
  • spring water
  • hot spring
  • natural spring

But trust me, like that mountain spring, it's there.

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Examples

  • Bad Belly sat on the rocks above the spring and watched the morning brighten the eastern horizon.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • We got a spring here that's coming out of the ground.

  • The sound of pure mountain spring water from the center of the Earth.

  • I hope you enjoyed us exploring the largest spring in the entire world.

  • And by drinking from that spring, one would remember what the Oracle had said.

  • You knew there would always be a spring... as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen.

  • This is Sulis's sacred spring.

  • Day by day, people streamed to the spring where they stood watching us tirelessly create.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Emil had insisted that a fresh stream, emitting from a spring, was essential for their water.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The hikers stopped to drink clear water from the natural spring in the forest.

Synonyms

fountain
vsspring
14 1.0

A natural spring where water flows out of the ground

is the same meaning but expressed as a short single-word name
natural spring
vsspring
2 3.4

A place where water from underground comes out

is the everyday phrasing that avoids technical groundwater terms

Idioms

1 3.7

The season when weather gets warmer and plants start to grow

1 4.9

An energetic way of walking that shows happiness or confidence

Compounds

81 2.0

A short vacation from school in spring, usually one week

34 3.0

Practice and games in spring for baseball teams before the regular season starts

18 3.4

A natural source of hot water that comes from the ground

10 2.5

A small fried snack filled with vegetables and sometimes meat, often served as an appetizer

9 1.0

Water that comes from under the ground and is safe to drink

A deep cleaning of a home done at the start of spring

5 3.2

A strong cloth frame with springs that supports a mattress

A place where water from underground comes out

1 2.1

A young onion with a small bulb and long green stalks used raw or cooked

coil spring
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A long metal wire shaped into a spiral that pushes back to absorb shock in cars or mattresses

A time in early spring when day and night are about the same length, around March 21 in the north

A small wild plant with yellow flowers that blooms in early spring

leaf spring
  • Specialized
1 6.4

A long set of metal strips under a vehicle that absorbs shocks

1 9.0

A small North American tree frog that makes a very high, thin call near ponds in spring

A natural hot pool of water that comes from the ground

A young chicken that is tender and good for roasting

spring chicken
  • Informal
1 6.7

A young person who has little experience, sometimes used with no to say someone is not young

A bed surface filled with metal springs that supports your body while you sleep

Plants that bloom in spring

A small plant with slender leaves and pink flowers that blooms in early spring

air spring
  • Specialized
5.3

A part that uses compressed air to absorb bumps and vibrations in vehicles and machines

late-spring-blooming
  • Specialized
3.9

A plant that has flowers in the later part of spring

A small secret pocket with a spring that holds small valuable items inside clothing

Pierian spring
  • Literature
9.9

A source of ideas and inspiration for art and learning

spiral spring
  • Specialized
4.9

A wire coiled into a spiral that stores and releases energy to make things turn

Time in spring when pollen is high and many people sneeze or have itchy eyes

spring balance
  • Specialized
6.0

A tool that measures weight using a metal spring and shows it on a scale

7.8

A small North American plant with two thick leaves, pink or white flowers, and a small edible underground bulb

spring cankerworm
  • Specialized
9.9

A caterpillar that eats leaves from trees like elm and maple in early spring

spring frog
  • Specialized
4.9

A small green or brown animal that lives near ponds and wet places and croaks

spring gun
  • NSFW
9.2

A hidden device set to shoot as a trap when someone touches or moves something near it

9.5

A low shrub that blooms early in spring with small bell-shaped red flowers

spring cleavers
  • Specialized
9.3

A small plant with curved prickly stems that stick to clothes and animal fur

spring cress
  • Specialized
7.7

A small plant with white flowers that grows in wet places near streams

9.9

A small plant by the sea with blue or purple flowers in spring

A pocket with a spring that closes to hold small items securely

spring scale
  • Specialized
4.3

A small tool that measures weight or force by how much a metal coil stretches

A small bushy plant with violet-blue flowers like a pea that blooms in spring

8.9

A climbing or bushy plant with purple-blue flowers grown to feed animals and make soil richer

A plant that has flowers in spring

A small wild plant that comes back every year with low thick leaves and small white flowers with pink edges

volute spring
  • Specialized
7.5

A metal coil that absorbs shock and stores energy

How Strong

river
∞ 1.0
stream
244 1.0
spring
96 1.0
to trickle
70 3.4
to seep
82 2.7

Surface Forms

spring singular
springs plural

Etymology

Spring for a place with water comes from the verb meaning 'to burst up' or 'rise'. Water that 'springs up' from the ground is a natural spring, which is why the place and the action share the name.