spring
To move or burst forthTo move or burst forth.
» I like spring better than fall.
Den Frühling mag ich mehr als den Herbst.
Весну я люблю больше осени.
Весна мне нравится больше, чем осень.
Весну я люблю больше, чем осень.
Мені більше подобається весна, ніж осінь.
Meaning
38 senses(intransitive)To move or burst forth.
The boat sprang a leak and began to sink.
move forward by leaps and bounds
To move or burst forth.
(intransitive)To appear.
(intransitive)To grow, to sprout.
To grow, to sprout.
(UK, dialectal, intransitive)To mature.
To move or burst forth.
(figuratively, intransitive)To arise, to come into existence.
(figuratively, intransitive, sometimes)To enliven.
He hit the gas and the car sprang to life.
(figuratively, intransitive, usually)To move with great speed and energy.
Deer spring with their hind legs, using their front hooves to steady themselves.
(intransitive, usually)To be born, descend, or originate from
He sprang from peasant stock.
(transitive)To cause to spring (all senses).
spring back; spring away from an impact
To cause to spring (all senses).
(transitive)To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
He sprang the trap.
(transitive)To leap over.
(intransitive, usually)To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
Examples
1163 sentencesI like spring better than fall.
Мені більше подобається весна, ніж осінь.
ruВесну я люблю больше осени.
deDen Frühling mag ich mehr als den Herbst.
I moved to Boston last spring.
Я переїхав до Бостона минулої весни.
ruЯ переселился в Бостон прошлой весной.
deIch bin letztes Frühjahr nach Boston gezogen.
In spring, the days get longer.
Весною дні стають довшими.
ruВесной дни становятся длиннее.
It's going to be spring soon.
Скоро весна.
Tom and Mary got married last spring.
Том та Мері одружилися минулої весни.
ruТом и Мэри поженились прошлой весной.
deTom und Maria haben im letzten Frühling geheiratet.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English springen, from Old English springan (“to spring, leap, bounce, sproutFrom Middle English springen, from Old English springan (“to spring, leap, bounce, sprout forth, emerge, spread out”), from Proto-West Germanic *springan, from Proto-Germanic *springaną (“to burst forth”), from Proto-Indo-European *spre(n)ǵʰ- (“to move, race, spring”), from *sperǵʰ- (“to hurry”).
From Middle English spryng (“a wellspring, tide, branch, sunrise, kind of dance or blow, ulcer, snare, flock”); partly from Old English spring (“wellspring, ulcer”), from Proto-West Germanic *spring, from Proto-Germanic *springaz (“a wellspring, fount”); and partly from Old English spryng (“a jump”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprungi, from Proto-Germanic *sprungiz (“a jump”). Further senses derived from the verb and from clippings of day-spring, springtime, spring tide, etc. Its sense as the season, first attested in a work predating 1325, gradually replaced Middle English lenten, lente, from Old English lencten (“spring, Lent”) as that word became more specifically liturgical. Compare fall.
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Forms
springs, springing, sprang, sprungPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
19 synonyms- spring back; spring away from an impact:bounceresiletake a hopboundreboundrecoilreverberatericochet
- move forward by leaps and bounds:jumpleapbound
- develop into a distinctive entity:formtake formtake shape
Word family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
10 patterns- next spring
- in the spring
- last spring
- retiring next spring
- married next spring
- spring break
- hot spring
- spring vacation
- every spring
- spring comes