spring
the season of growth
How often you will meet it
Rank 785 of 81,628 words measured. It occurs 88,882 times across 191,625 published chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the season of growth also: springtime the emerging buds were a sure sign of springhe will hold office until the spring of next year
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed the spring was broken
- a natural flow of ground water also: fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring
- a point at which water issues forth
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length also: give, springiness
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards also: leap, leaping, saltation, bound, bounce
verb
- move forward by leaps and bounds also: jump, leap, bound The horse bounded across the meadowThe child leapt across the puddle
- develop into a distinctive entity also: form, take form, take shape our plans began to take shape
spring in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The spirit of the spring day caught her and lifted her out of herself.
Mr. Achilles · Jennette Lee · Chapter 1
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We will make camp here, as I see there is a spring near by.
The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico · Frank Gee Patchin · Chapter 1
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For these the blossom-sprinkled turf That floods the lonely graves When Spring rolls in her sea-green surf In flowery-foaming waves.
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 03 · Oliver Wendell Holmes · Chapter 1
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The plaster, discolored by the steam of many wash-days, was crisscrossed with cracks from the big earthquake of the previous spring.
The Valley of the Moon · Jack London · Chapter 1
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At last he found himself upon a country road with the odors of Spring in his nostrils and the world before him.
The Oakdale Affair · Edgar Rice Burroughs · Chapter 1