move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards
I sprang out of bed
they sprang to her defence
originate or arise from
madness and creativity could spring from the same source
(especially of wood) become warped or split
pay for
don't spring for the album until you've heard it
come upon (an illicit activity or its perpetrator)
our science teacher sprung me acting the goat
the season after winter and before summer, in which vegetation begins to appear, in the northern hemisphere from March to May and in the southern hemisphere from September to November
in spring the garden is a feast of blossom
spring rain
an elastic device, typically a helical metal coil, that can be pressed or pulled but returns to its former shape when released, used chiefly to exert constant tension or absorb movement
a place where water or oil wells up from an underground source, or the basin or flow formed in such a way
the well is fed by mountain springs
an upward curvature of a ship's deck planking from the horizontal
a hawser laid out diagonally aft from a ship's bow or forward from a ship's stern and secured to a fixed point in order to prevent movement or assist manoeuvring
a flock of teal
a spring of teal follows and we listen as they pass