spring
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- noun
- /sprɪŋ/
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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.
- But trust me, like that mountain spring, it's there.
- You know, just a spring with a calibrated measure along it.
- Thomas, when you drank, you became drunk with the bubbling spring which I have dug.
- Hold to the shifts of light, hold to the spring and heap of water brings it in.
Examples
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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.
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The sound of pure mountain spring water from the center of the Earth.
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I hope you enjoyed us exploring the largest spring in the entire world.
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And by drinking from that spring, one would remember what the Oracle had said.
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You knew there would always be a spring... as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen.
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This is Sulis's sacred spring.
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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
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A natural spring where water flows out of the ground
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A place where water from underground comes out
Idioms
- Informal
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4.9
An energetic way of walking that shows happiness or confidence
Compounds
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Practice and games in spring for baseball teams before the regular season starts
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2.5
A small fried snack filled with vegetables and sometimes meat, often served as an appetizer
- Specialized
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3.9
A long metal wire shaped into a spiral that pushes back to absorb shock in cars or mattresses
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A time in early spring when day and night are about the same length, around March 21 in the north
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A small North American tree frog that makes a very high, thin call near ponds in spring
- Informal
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A young person who has little experience, sometimes used with no to say someone is not young
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A bed surface filled with metal springs that supports your body while you sleep
A small plant with slender leaves and pink flowers that blooms in early spring
- Specialized
A part that uses compressed air to absorb bumps and vibrations in vehicles and machines
A small secret pocket with a spring that holds small valuable items inside clothing
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
A tool that measures weight using a metal spring and shows it on a scale
A small North American plant with two thick leaves, pink or white flowers, and a small edible underground bulb
- Specialized
A caterpillar that eats leaves from trees like elm and maple in early spring
- Specialized
A small green or brown animal that lives near ponds and wet places and croaks
- NSFW
A hidden device set to shoot as a trap when someone touches or moves something near it
- Specialized
A small plant with curved prickly stems that stick to clothes and animal fur
- Specialized
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
- UK
A climbing or bushy plant with purple-blue flowers grown to feed animals and make soil richer
A small wild plant that comes back every year with low thick leaves and small white flowers with pink edges
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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.