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say it: spring
spring is a noun and verb meaning "the season of growth". It is pronounced /ˈspɹɪŋ/ — spring. It carries 11 recorded senses.
the season of growth
“the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring”
“he will hold office until the spring of next year”
a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
“the spring was broken”
a natural flow of ground water
a point at which water issues forth
the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
develop into a distinctive entity
“our plans began to take shape”
spring back; spring away from an impact
“The rubber ball bounced”
“These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide”
produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
“He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for spring come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.