| spring | | |
| n. (time) | 1. spring, springtime | the season of growth.; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year" |
| ~ march equinox, spring equinox, vernal equinox | March 21. |
| ~ time of year, season | one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions.; "the regular sequence of the seasons" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. spring | a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed.; "the spring was broken" |
| ~ bedspring | (usually plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed. |
| ~ coil spring, volute spring | a spring in the shape of a coil. |
| ~ elastic device | any flexible device that will return to its original shape when stretched. |
| ~ leaf spring | long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together. |
| ~ mainspring | the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism. |
| ~ spiral spring | a spring that is wound like a spiral. |
| n. (object) | 3. fountain, natural spring, outflow, outpouring, spring | a natural flow of ground water. |
| ~ fountain of youth | a fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young again.; "Ponce de Leon discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth" |
| ~ geological formation, formation | (geology) the geological features of the earth. |
| ~ geyser | a spring that discharges hot water and steam. |
| ~ hot spring, thermal spring | a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above. |
| n. (location) | 4. spring | a point at which water issues forth. |
| ~ origin, source, root, rootage, beginning | the place where something begins, where it springs into being.; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. give, spring, springiness | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length. |
| ~ elasticity, snap | the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed.; "the waistband had lost its snap" |
| n. (act) | 6. bounce, bound, leap, leaping, saltation, spring | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards. |
| ~ jumping, jump | the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground.; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected" |
| ~ capriole, caper | a playful leap or hop. |
| ~ pounce | the act of pouncing. |
| v. (motion) | 7. bound, jump, leap, spring | move forward by leaps and bounds.; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ pronk | jump straight up.; "kangaroos pronk" |
| ~ bounce, rebound, ricochet, take a hop, resile, recoil, spring, bound, reverberate | spring back; spring away from an impact.; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" |
| ~ burst | move suddenly, energetically, or violently.; "He burst out of the house into the cool night" |
| ~ bounce | leap suddenly.; "He bounced to his feet" |
| ~ capriole | perform a capriole, of horses in dressage. |
| ~ galumph | move around heavily and clumsily.; "the giant tortoises galumphed around in their pen" |
| ~ ski jump | jump on skis. |
| ~ saltate | leap or skip, often in dancing.; "These fish swim with a saltating motion" |
| ~ vault | bound vigorously. |
| ~ leapfrog | jump across.; "He leapfrogged his classmates" |
| ~ vault, overleap | jump across or leap over (an obstacle). |
| ~ curvet | perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse. |
| ~ hop, hop-skip, skip | jump lightly. |
| ~ caper | jump about playfully. |
| ~ hop | make a jump forward or upward. |
| v. (stative) | 8. form, spring, take form, take shape | develop into a distinctive entity.; "our plans began to take shape" |
| ~ regenerate | be formed or shaped anew. |
| ~ become | come into existence.; "What becomes has duration" |
| v. (motion) | 9. bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop | spring back; spring away from an impact.; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" |
| ~ kick back, recoil, kick | spring back, as from a forceful thrust.; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder" |
| ~ bound off, skip | bound off one point after another. |
| ~ carom | rebound after hitting.; "The car caromed off several lampposts" |
| ~ bound, jump, leap, spring | move forward by leaps and bounds.; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" |
| v. (body) | 10. spring | develop suddenly.; "The tire sprang a leak" |
| ~ acquire, develop, produce, grow, get | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).; "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" |
| v. (communication) | 11. spring | produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving" |
| ~ disclose, divulge, let on, expose, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" |
| ooze | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge | any thick, viscous matter. |
| ~ matter | that which has mass and occupies space.; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" |
| ~ sapropel | sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans. |
| n. (event) | 2. ooze, oozing, seepage | the process of seeping. |
| ~ flow, flowing | the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). |
| ~ exudation, transudation | the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes. |
| v. (motion) | 3. ooze, seep | pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings. |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| v. (body) | 4. exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude | release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities.; "exude sweat through the pores" |
| ~ distil, distill | give off (a liquid).; "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound" |
| ~ reek, fume | be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face. |
| ~ transpire | give off (water) through the skin. |
| ~ extravasate | geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth. |
| ~ stream | exude profusely.; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood" |
| ~ gum | exude or form gum.; "these trees gum in the Spring" |
| ~ secrete, release | generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids.; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream" |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
| ~ froth | exude or expel foam.; "the angry man was frothing at the mouth" |
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