I.
noun
1 season
ADJECTIVE
▪ last , this past ( esp. AmE )
▪ the following , next , this , this coming
▪ early , late
▪ wet
SPRING + NOUN
▪ weather
▪ sun , sunlight , sunshine
▪ frost , rain , shower , wind
▪ tide
▪
The highest ~ tides of the the year occur after the equinoxes in March and September.
▪ equinox
▪ day , morning
▪
a perfect ~ day
▪ semester ( esp. AmE ), term ( esp. BrE )
▪
The students spend the whole ~ term on teaching practice.
▪ season
▪ break ( esp. AmE )
▪
high-school kids on ~ break
▪ bloom , bulb , flower
▪
to plant ~ bulbs
▪ clean ( BrE ), cleaning (usually spring-cleaning )
▪
They decided to give the attic a ~ clean.
▪
I want to do some spring-cleaning.
▪ training ( sports , esp. AmE )
▪ conference ( esp. BrE )
▪
the party's ~ conference
▪ collection , exhibition , issue
▪
the ~ issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology
2 coiled metal or wire
ADJECTIVE
▪ coiled
▪ box ( AmE )
▪
a box-spring mattress
VERB + SPRING
▪ break
▪
The children broke some ~s jumping on the bed.
SPRING + VERB
▪ break , go
▪
Most of the ~s have gone in the sofa.
3 where water comes up
ADJECTIVE
▪ hot , thermal
▪ bubbling
▪ mineral , natural
▪ mountain , underground
SPRING + VERB
▪ bubble
▪
A thermal ~ bubbled up out of the rocks.
SPRING + NOUN
▪ water
▪
deliciously cool ~ water
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ suddenly
▪ apart , away , back , forth ( esp. AmE ), forward , out , up
▪
He sprang back in alarm.
VERB + SPRING
▪ be ready to , be waiting to
▪
The lion crouched, ready to ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪
Lisa sprang at him and kissed him on both cheeks.
▪ into , off , onto , out of , upon
▪
He sprang out of the car.
PHRASES
▪ ~ open
▪
The drawer sprang open.
▪ ~ to attention
▪
The sentry sprang to attention.
▪ ~ to your feet
▪
She sprang to her feet and ran to answer the doorbell.
Spring is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ cat , ↑ hope , ↑ tear , ↑ tiger
Spring is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ ambush , ↑ leak , ↑ surprise , ↑ trap