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English

Pronunciation

  • , IPA: /ˈsprɪŋɪŋ/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-springing.ogg


Verb

springing

  1. {{present participle of|spring#Verb|spring}}


Noun

  1. The action of the verb to spring#Verb|spring.
  2. A set of springs in a vehicle, etc.
  3. A spring#Noun|spring of an arch.


Derived terms


Adjective

  1. That springs or spring.


Derived terms


io:springing hu:springing te:springing vi:springing

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spring \Spring\ (spr[i^]ng), v. i. [imp. Sprang (spr[a^]ng) or
Sprung (spr[u^]ng); p. p. Sprung; p. pr. & vb. n.
Springing.] [AS. springan; akin to D. & G. springen, OS. &
OHG. springan, Icel. & Sw. springa, Dan. springe; cf. Gr.
spe`rchesqai to hasten. Cf. Springe, Sprinkle.]
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1. To leap; to bound; to jump.
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The mountain stag that springs
From height to height, and bounds along the plains.
--Philips.
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2. To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity;
to dart; to shoot.
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And sudden light
Sprung through the vaulted roof. --Dryden.
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3. To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.
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Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring.
--Otway.
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4. To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its
elastic power.
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5. To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to
become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank,
sometimes springs in seasoning.
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6. To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin
to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams
from their source, and the like; -- often followed by up,
forth, or out.
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Till well nigh the day began to spring. --Chaucer.
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To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to
cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth.
--Job xxxviii.
27.
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Do not blast my springing hopes. --Rowe.
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O, spring to light; auspicious Babe, be born.
--Pope.
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7. To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to
result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.
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[They found] new hope to spring
Out of despair, joy, but with fear yet linked.
--Milton.
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8. To grow; to thrive; to prosper.
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What makes all this, but Jupiter the king,
At whose command we perish, and we spring? --Dryden.
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To spring at, to leap toward; to attempt to reach by a
leap.

To spring forth, to leap out; to rush out.

To spring in, to rush in; to enter with a leap or in haste.


To spring on or To spring upon, to leap on; to rush on
with haste or violence; to assault.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Springing \Spring"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of one who, or that which, springs.
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2. Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a
plant.
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Thou blessest the springing thereof. --Ps. lxv. 10.
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Springing line of an arch (Arch.), the horizontal line
drawn through the junction of the vertical face of the
impost with the curve of the intrados; -- called also
spring of an arch.
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