Definition of spring

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Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar..

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Opetide :: Opetide (n.) The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening..
Grass :: Grass (n.) The season of fresh grass; spring.
Offspring :: Offspring (n.sing. & pl.) The act of production; generation.
Accumulator :: Accumulator (n.) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging..
Locket :: Locket (n.) A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.
Chalybeate :: Chalybeate (a.) Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs..
Ravissant :: Ravissant (a.) In a half-raised position, as if about to spring on prey..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning..
Vault :: Vault (n.) To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
Prongbuck :: Prongbuck (n.) The springbuck.
Jumart :: Jumart (n.) The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare.
Barren :: Barren (a.) Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
Flow :: Flow (v. i.) To move with a continual change of place among the particles or parts, as a fluid; to change place or circulate, as a liquid; as, rivers flow from springs and lakes; tears flow from the eyes..
Child :: Child (n.) A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants..
Well :: Well (v. i.) An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
Repeater :: Repeater (n.) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters..
Source :: Source (n.) The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain..
Ramp :: Ramp (v. i.) To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp..
Noddy :: Noddy (n.) An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.
Posterity :: Posterity (n.) The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham..
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