I. verb
1.
to have something as a source
the primitive cultures from which civilization springs
Synonyms: arise, birth, come (from), derive (from), emanate, flow, head, issue, originate, proceed, rise, stem, upspring; compare begin 2
Related Word: appear, emerge, come out, loom; arrive, come; begin, commence, hatch, start
2.
Synonyms: skip 1, hop, lope, skitter, trip
3.
Synonyms: jump 1, bounce, bound, hop, hurdle, leap, lop, saltate, vault
4.
Synonyms: start 1, bolt, jump, startle
|| 5.
Synonyms: free , discharge, emancipate, liberate, loose, manumit, release, unbind, unchain, unshackle
II. noun
1.
usually springs plural
Synonyms: spa 1, baths, ||hydro, watering place, wells
2.
Synonyms: source , fount, fountain, fountainhead, origin, root, well, wellhead, wellspring, whence
3.
Synonyms: youth 1, adolescence, greenness, juvenility, puberty, pubescence, springtide, springtime, youthfulness, youthhood
Antonyms: autumn
4.
Synonyms: motive 1, cause, consideration, reason
Related Word: excitant, impetus, incitement, stimulant, stimulus
5.
the season between winter and summer
planting flowers in the spring
Synonyms: budtime, springtide, springtime
Related Word: ||blackberry winter
Idioms: prime of the year
Contrasted words: autumn, fall
III. adjective
Synonyms: vernal , springlike