leap leaping spring saltation bound bounce | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
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) |
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 |
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 |
spring | produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly, He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving |
spring-clean | thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year, she started spring-cleaning on April |
bounce resile take a hop spring bound rebound recoil reverberate ricochet | spring back, spring away from an impact, The rubber ball bounced, These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide |
jump leap bound spring | move forward by leaps and bounds, The horse bounded across the meadow, The child leapt across the puddle, Can you jump over the fence? |
form take form take shape spring | develop into a distinctive entity, our plans began to take shape |
originate arise rise develop uprise spring up grow | come into existence, take on form or shape, A new religious movement originated in that country, a love that sprang up from friendship, the idea for the book grew out of a short story, An interesting phenomenon uprose |
spring-flowering early-flowering spring-blooming early-blooming late-spring-blooming | of plants that bloom during the spring |
spring-loaded | containing a compressed spring that presses one part against another |