Meaning

2 senses

  1. (ambitransitive)To release or be released by means of a spring.

  2. (transitive)To undo the springing of (a mechanism).

    to unspring a trap

Origin

From un- + spring.

From un- + spring.

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Forms

unsprings, unspringing, unsprang, unsprung
Base formunspring · to unspring
3rd person singularunsprings
Present participleunspringing
Past simpleunsprang / unsprung
Past participleunsprung

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunspring
he, she, itunsprings

Past simpleLesson

all personsunsprang

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unsprung
he, she, ithas unsprung

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unspring

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unspeakableunspecifiedunsportsmanlikeunstableunsteady
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