Definition of spring

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Spring (v. i.) The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage.

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Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population..
Upstart :: Upstart (v. i.) To start or spring up suddenly.
Updive :: Updive (v. i.) To spring upward; to rise.
Grass :: Grass (n.) The season of fresh grass; spring.
Shad :: Shad (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species..
Wellhead :: Wellhead (n.) A source, spring, or fountain..
Springal :: Spring (v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.
Synecdochical :: Synecdoche (n.) A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc..
Issue :: Issue (n.) Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants..
Well :: Well (v. i.) Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring.
Cowslip :: Cowslip (n.) A common flower in England (Primula veris) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United States.
Vernant :: Vernant (a.) Flourishing, as in spring; vernal..
Vault :: Vault (n.) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like..
Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
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
Claytonia :: Claytonia (n.) An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty.
Illutation :: Illutation (n.) The act or operation of smearing the body with mud, especially with the sediment from mineral springs; a mud bath..
Chalybeate :: Chalybeate (a.) Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs..
Springer :: Springer (n.) A young plant.
Self-glorious :: Self-glorious (a.) Springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful.
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