Spring (v. i.) To leap |
Spring (v. i.) To issue with speed and violence |
Spring (v. i.) To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert. |
Spring (v. i.) To fly back |
Spring (v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface |
Spring (v. i.) To shoot up, out, or forth |
Spring (v. i.) To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor |
Spring (v. i.) To grow |
Spring (v. t.) To cause to spring up |
Spring (v. t.) To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly. |
Spring (v. t.) To cause to explode |
Spring (v. t.) To crack or split |
Spring (v. t.) To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring |
Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong |
Spring (v. t.) To pass over by leaping |
Spring (v. i.) A leap |
Spring (v. i.) A flying back |
Spring (v. i.) Elastic power or force. |
Spring (v. i.) An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force. |
Spring (v. i.) Any source of supply |
Spring (v. i.) Any active power |
Spring (v. i.) That which springs, or is originated, from a source |
Spring (v. i.) A race |
Spring (v. i.) A youth |
Spring (v. i.) A shoot |
Spring (v. i.) That which causes one to spring |
Spring (v. i.) The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow |
Spring (v. i.) The time of growth and progress |
Spring (v. i.) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely. |
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 |
Tension (a.) The act of stretching or straining |
Tension (a.) Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling |
Tension (a.) The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length |
Tension (a.) The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion |
Tension (a.) A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness. |
Tension (a.) Expansive force |
Tension (a.) The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area. |
leap leaping spring saltation bound bounce | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
tension | the action of stretching something tight, tension holds the belt in the pulleys |
spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
leopard frog spring frog Rana pipiens | common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots |
green frog spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
spring peeper Hyla crucifer | a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring |
spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
spring cankerworm | variably colored looper, larva of Paleacrita vernata |
air cushion air spring | a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion |
box spring | a coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth |
coil spring volute spring | a spring in the shape of a coil |
leaf spring | long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together |
set gun spring gun | a gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off |
spiral spring | a spring that is wound like a spiral |
spring | a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed, the spring was broken |
spring balance spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
spring mattress | a mattress containing springs in a rigid frame |
give spring springiness | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length |
green onion spring onion scallion | a young onion before the bulb has enlarged, eaten in salads |
egg roll spring roll | minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried |
spring water | water from a spring |
spring | a point at which water issues forth |
hot spring thermal spring | a natural spring of water at a temperature ofF or above |
spring fountain outflow outpouring natural spring | a natural flow of ground water |
young person youth younker spring chicken | a young person (especially a young man or boy) |
tension | (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body, the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear |
surface tension | a phenomenon at the surface of a liquid caused by intermolecular forces |
interfacial tension interfacial surface tension | surface tension at the surface separating two non-miscible liquids |
Carolina spring beauty Claytonia caroliniana | similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers, eastern North America |
spring beauty Clatonia lanceolata | small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm |
Virginia spring beauty Claytonia virginica | small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers, eastern North America |
spring cress Cardamine bulbosa | small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America |
winter heath spring heath Erica carnea | dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers |
spring squill Scilla verna sea onion | European scilla with small blue or purple flowers |
spring vetchling spring vetch Lathyrus vernus | bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers |
spring vetch Vicia sativa | herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building |
cleavers clivers goose grass catchweed spring cleavers Galium aparine | annual having the stem beset with curved prickles, North America and Europe and Asia |
footsteps-of-spring Sanicula arctopoides | sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow flowers |
latent hostility tension | feelings of hostility that are not manifest, he could sense her latent hostility to him, the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions |
tension | a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature), there is a tension created between narrative time and movie time, there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history |
normal tension glaucoma | glaucoma that results from damage to the optic nerve although the intraocular pressure is normal |
tension headache | a headache located at the back of the head, usually caused by body tension resulting from overwork or psychological stress |
tension tenseness stress | (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense, he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension, stress is a vasoconstrictor |
tension tensity tenseness tautness | the physical condition of being stretched or strained, it places great tension on the leg muscles, he could feel the tenseness of her body |
ground water spring water well water | underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks |
vernal equinox March equinox spring equinox | March |
spring springtime | the season of growth, the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring, he will hold office until the spring of next year |
spring training | preseason training during the spring |
spring | develop suddenly, The tire sprang a leak |
come to mind spring to mind | be remembered, His name comes to mind when you mention the strike |