SPRING

I. verb (sprang or sprung; sprung; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~an; akin to Old High German ~an to jump and perhaps to Greek sperchesthai to hasten Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. dart , shoot , to be resilient or elastic, to become warped, to issue with speed and force or as a stream , 3. to grow as a plant, to issue by birth or descent , to come into being ; arise , dawn , to begin to blow, 4. to make a leap or series of leaps , to leap or jump up suddenly , to stretch out in height ; rise , pay , transitive verb to cause to ~, 2. to undergo or bring about the splitting or cracking of , to undergo the opening of (a leak), 3. to cause to operate suddenly , to apply or insert by bending, to bend by force, to leap over, to produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly, to make lame, to release or cause to be released from confinement or custody , Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun Usage: often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. a source of supply, an ultimate source especially of action or motion, ~ tide , a time or season of growth or development, an elastic body or device that recovers its original shape when released after being distorted, 5. the act or an instance of leaping up or forward ; bound , b. capacity for ~ing ; resilience , energy , bounce , the point or plane at which an arch or vault curve ~s from its impost, ~like adjective III. transitive verb (sprung; ~ing) Date: 1884 to fit with ~s