spring

Definitions

• (intransitive) To burst forth.
• (transitive) To grow.
• (transitive) To cause to burst forth.
• (transitive) To make wet, to moisten.
• (intransitive) To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.
• (intransitive) To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
• (obsolete) to go off.
• (transitive) To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.
• (intransitive) To crack.
• (transitive) To have something crack.
• (transitive) To cause to crack.
• (transitive) To surprise by sudden or deft action.
• (transitive) To build, to form the initial curve of.
• (intransitive) To extend, to curve.
• (transitive) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
• (transitive) To raise a vessel's sheer.
• (transitive) To raise a last's toe.
• (transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.
• (obsolete) To raise an offered price.
• (transitive) (alt form) sprain.
• (transitive) (alt form) strain.
• (intransitive) To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.
• (transitive) To equip with springs, especially (of) to equip with a suspension.
• (transitive) To provide spring or elasticity
• (figurative) to inspire, to motivate.
• (transitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
• (intransitive) To reach maturity, to be fully grown.
• (intransitive) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
• (transitive) To sound, to play.
• (intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere