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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Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return..
Ramp :: Ramp (v. i.) To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp..
Vault :: Vault (n.) To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
Early :: Early (adv.) In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit..
Chalybeate :: Chalybeate (a.) Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs..
Whiten :: Whiten (v. i.) To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms..
Overbear :: Overbear (v. i.) To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.
Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are the
Germ :: Germ (n.) That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty..
Griffe :: Griffe (n.) The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto..
Philoprogenitiveness :: Philoprogenitiveness (n.) The love of offspring; fondness for children.
Springbuck :: Springbok (n.) Alt. of Springbuc.
Salient :: Salient (v. i.) Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
Sockdolager :: Sockdolager (n.) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites..
Bilge :: Bilge (v. i.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.
Fresh :: Fresh (n.) A stream or spring of fresh water.
Springtide :: Springtail (n.) Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order Thysanura. They have two elastic caudal stylets which can be bent under the abdomen and then suddenly extended like a spring, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. See Collembola, and Podura..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring..
Locket :: Locket (n.) A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.
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