EGAVE

spring

About 51.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To move or burst forth.
    The boat sprang a leak and began to sink.
  2. verb To appear.
  3. verb To grow, to sprout. To mature.
  4. verb To mature.
  5. verb To arise, to come into existence.
  6. verb To enliven.
    He hit the gas and the car sprang to life.
  7. verb To move with great speed and energy.
    Deer spring with their hind legs, using their front hooves to steady themselves.
  8. verb To be born, descend, or originate from
    He sprang from peasant stock.

Similar words

outpouring outflow springiness springtime vernal bounce leap jump fountain ricochet

Often followed by

of and from up to is in or the

Word family

sprang sprang a surprise spring a surprise springed springing springing a surprise springlike springs springs a surprise sprung

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