A Spring

1. (countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
2. (countable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.

Synonym: springtimeCoordinate terms: summer, autumn or fall, winter

1. 1. (astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
   2. (meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
2. (uncountable, figuratively) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
3. (countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
4. (countable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
   1. (geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.

Synonyms: fount, source

1. 2. (oceanography, obsolete) The rising of the sea at high tide.
   3. (oceanography) Short for spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons. Antonym: neap tide
   4. A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.

Synonym: coil

1. 5. (nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
   6. (nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
   7. (figuratively) A race, a lineage.
   8. (figuratively) A youth.
   9. A shoot, a young tree.
   10. A grove of trees; a forest.
2. (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
3. (countable, nautical, obsolete) A crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or (rare) a plank or seam.
4. (uncountable) Springiness: an attribute or quality of springing, springing up, or springing back, particularly
   1. Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.

Synonyms: bounce, bounciness, elasticity, resilience, springiness

1. 2. Elastic energy, power, or force.
2. (countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs. Synonyms: impetus, impulse
3. (countable) Something which causes others or another to spring forth or spring into action, particularly
   1. A cause, a motive, etc.
   2. (obsolete) A lively piece of music.

Usage notes

Note that season names are not capitalized in modern English unless at the beginning of a sentence, for example, I can't wait for spring to arrive. Exceptions occur when the season is personified, as in Old Man Winter, is used as part of a name, as in the Winter War, or is used as a given name, as in Summer Glau. This is in contrast to the days of the week and months of the year, which are always capitalized (Thursday or September).

Synonyms

• (time of growth, early stages): beginning