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spring

spring

854 1.0
The season between winter and summer when plants begin to grow
  • noun
  • /sprɪŋ/
translation icon : primavera
  • After a long winter, the flowers bloom beautifully in spring.
  • spring semester
  • last spring
  • early spring

What's the best part about spring gang Gang.

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Examples

  • But by next spring, we should have grass going.

  • This is going to be an incredible spring tour.

  • But on a nice spring day like this.

  • Later that day, the teacher might ask, "What signs of spring can you see around us?"

    Academic text (2013)
  • I just created these flowerbeds last spring and I put some.

  • The students decided to call the event Spring Fling and to hold it on a Friday afternoon.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Hi, guys, this is April O'Neil from Channel 6 News and I am here in beautiful New York City on the first day of spring.

  • That's why we spend the whole spring on the road, raising money, recruiting young talent.

  • They're the 1st spring flowers from the Heights.

  • I got a gym membership this past spring, and I've been trying really hard to lose all this weight.

Synonyms

springtime
vsspring
46 1.0

The season when plants start to grow and the weather gets warmer

is the same season but is the shorter, more common everyday word

Antonyms

1.0

A season with the coldest weather between autumn and spring

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 Warm

summer
1.0
spring
854 1.0
winter
1.0

Surface Forms

spring singular
springs plural

Etymology

Spring for the season comes from the idea 'to rise' or 'come up' in plants and life. Because new leaves and flowers 'spring up' after winter, the season was called spring.