springing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb move forward by leaps and bounds
    jump; spring; leap; bound.
    • The horse bounded across the meadow
    • The child leapt across the puddle
    • Can you jump over the fence?
  2. verb develop into a distinctive entity
    spring; take shape; form; take form.
    • our plans began to take shape
  3. verb spring back; spring away from an impact
    spring; rebound; bound; bounce; take a hop; reverberate; recoil; resile; ricochet.
    • The rubber ball bounced
    • These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
  4. verb develop suddenly
    spring.
    • The tire sprang a leak
  5. verb produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
    spring.
    • He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving

WordNet

Spring"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act or process of one who, or that which, springs.
  2. Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant.
    Thou blessest the springing thereof. Ps. lxv. 10.

Webster 1913