(~s, ~ing, sprang, sprung)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Spring is the season between winter and summer when the weather becomes warmer and plants start to grow again.
We met again in the ~ of 1977.
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2.
A ~ is a spiral of wire which returns to its original shape after it is pressed or pulled.
Both ~s in the fuel pump were broken.
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3.
A ~ is a place where water comes up through the ground. It is also the water that comes from that place.
To the north are the hot ~s of Banyas de Sant Loan.
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4.
When a person or animal ~s, they jump upwards or forwards suddenly or quickly.
He sprang to his feet, grabbing his keys off the coffee table...
Throwing back the sheet, he sprang from the bed...
The lion roared once and sprang.
VERB: V prep, V prep, V
5.
If something ~s in a particular direction, it moves suddenly and quickly.
Sadly when the lid of the boot sprang open, it was empty.
VERB: V adj
6.
If one thing ~s from another thing, it is the result of it.
Ethiopia’s art ~s from her early Christian as well as her Muslim heritage...
= stem
VERB: V from n
7.
If a boat or container ~s a leak, water or some other liquid starts coming in or out through a crack.
The yacht has sprung a leak in the hull.
VERB: V n
8.
If you ~ some news or a surprise on someone, you tell them something that they did not expect to hear, without warning them.
Mclaren sprang a new idea on him.
VERB: V n on n
9.
to ~ to mind: see mind