All spring synonyms
spring
S s verb spring
- course β Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
- lose no time β act without delay
- descend β If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
- mouthing β the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- downs β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- cataracted β a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
- blow the lid off β a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- emanate β (of something abstract but perceptible) Issue or spread out from (a source).
- happen β to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
- gambol β to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- barrelled β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- fall over β person: trip or slip
- make haste β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- let out β (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- hint β an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
- dig in β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- hasting β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- careering β an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- kiss and make up β be reconciled
- divulge β to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown).
- downed β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- bolt β A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
- disenthralling β to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- barreled β Having the specified number of barrels.
- cut and run β to make a rapid escape
- curvet β a low leap with all four feet off the ground
- leave holding the bag β a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- breeze in β a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
noun spring
- walkout β a strike by workers.
- hang up β the way in which a thing hangs.
- fount β font2 .
- keynote β Music. the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; the tonic.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- cause β a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- fountain β a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
- fugue β Music. a polyphonic composition based upon one, two, or more themes, which are enunciated by several voices or parts in turn, subjected to contrapuntal treatment, and gradually built up into a complex form having somewhat distinct divisions or stages of development and a marked climax at the end.
- day one β If something happens from day one of a process, it happens right from the beginning. If it happens on day one, it happens right at the beginning.
- determinant β A determinant of something causes it to be of a particular kind or to happen in a particular way.
- whence β from what place?: Whence comest thou?
- fountainhead β a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
- ductility β capable of being hammered out thin, as certain metals; malleable.
- fadeout β A gradual disappearance.
- brooklet β a small brook
- floaters β a person or thing that floats.
- horse's mouth β horse (def 36).
- awkward age β early adolescence.
- apprehensiveness β uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
- begetter β The begetter of something has caused this thing to come into existence.
- leapfrog β a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.