spring : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion
  air cushion.
  

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• a spring in which the elasticity of air is utilized.

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• etc. See under Air, Boiling, etc.

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• a spring which gives out very hot water, or water and steam, often ejecting it with much force; a geyser.

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• noun a coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth
  

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• a spring of salt water.

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• a spring in the form of the letter C.

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• the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon; fabled to have been formed by a stroke from the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.

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• noun similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers; eastern North America
  Claytonia caroliniana.
  

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• noun a spring in the shape of a coil
  coil spring.
  

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• noun a city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains; popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force Academy
  

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• a spring fixed upon the box of the driving axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and deaden shocks. Eng. Weale.

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• noun sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow flowers
  Sanicula arctopoides.
  

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• (Railroads), a combination of metallic and rubber springs.

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• noun a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above
  hot spring.
  

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• noun a town in west central Arkansas; a health resort noted for thermal springs
  
• noun a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above
  hot spring.
  

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• noun a national park in Arkansas featuring ancient hot springs; bathing is said to have therapeutic effects
  

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• springs which flow at intervals, not apparently dependent upon rain or drought. They probably owe their intermittent action to their being connected with natural reservoirs in hills or mountains by passages having the form of a siphon, the water beginning to flow when it has accumulated so as to fill the upper part of the siphon, and ceasing when, by running through it, it has fallen below the orifice of the upper part of the siphon in the reservoir.

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• a spring beneath a seat, and resting on cleats or blocks in the body of a vehicle.

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• adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the spring
  spring-blooming; late-spring-blooming; early-blooming; early-flowering.
  

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• the last part of the spring of the year. Shak.

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• noun long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together
  

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• noun a natural flow of ground water
  outpouring; spring; outflow; fountain.
  

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• adjective satellite having just or recently arisen or come into existence
  newborn.
  
  • new nations
  • with newborn fears

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• noun a town of southwest Wyoming near the Utah border
  

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• a spring of salt water.

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• noun a town in eastern New York State famed for its spa and its horse racing
  

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• the spring which causes the sear to catch in the notches by which the hammer is held.

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• noun a spring that is wound like a spiral
  

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• . See the Note under Spring, n., 4.

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• (Bookbinding), a back with a curved piece of thin sheet iron or of stiff pasteboard fastened to the inside, the effect of which is to make the leaves of a book thus bound (as a ledger or other account or blank book) spring up and lie flat.

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• noun a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring
  spring balance.
  

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• a contrivance for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring of steel.

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• a beam that supports the side of a paddle box. See Paddle beam, under Paddle, n.

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• noun 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
  Clatonia lanceolata.
  

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• . (a) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Claytonia, delicate herbs with somewhat fleshy leaves and pretty blossoms, appearing in springtime . (b) (Zoöl.) A small, elegant American butterfly (Erora læta) which appears in spring. The hind wings of the male are brown, bordered with deep blue; those of the female are mostly blue.

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• a mattress, under bed, or bed bottom, in which springs, as of metal, are employed to give the required elasticity.

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• (Zoöl.), a snapping beetle; an elater.

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• the box or barrel in a watch, or other piece of mechanism, in which the spring is contained.

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• noun a week or more of recess during the spring term at school
  

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• noun variably colored looper; larva of Paleacrita vernata
  

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• noun a young person (especially a young man or boy)
  youth; young person; younker.
  
• noun a young chicken having tender meat
  

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• noun annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
  cleavers; clivers; catchweed; goose grass; Galium aparine.
  

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• noun small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America
  Cardamine bulbosa.
  

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• noun March 21
  March equinox; vernal equinox.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a caddice fly; so called because it appears in the spring.

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• noun similar to bullfrog; found in or near marshes and ponds; of United States and Canada
  Rana clamitans; green frog.
  
• noun common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots
  leopard frog; Rana pipiens.
  

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• (Bot.), a vernal grass. See under Vernal.

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• noun a gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off
  set gun.
  

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• a firearm disharged by a spring, when this is trodden upon or is otherwise moved.

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• noun dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers
  winter heath; Erica carnea.
  

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• (Locomotive Engines), one of the hooks which fix the driving-wheel spring to the frame.

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• a latch that fastens with a spring.

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• a lock that fastens with a spring.

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• noun a mattress containing springs in a rigid frame
  

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• a spring bed.

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• (Arch.) See Springing line of an arch, under Springing.

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• the lower part of a fore quarter, which is divided from the neck, and has the leg and foot without the shoulder. Obs. Nares.

  Sir, pray hand the spring of pork to me. Gayton.

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• noun a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
  green onion; scallion.
  

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• noun a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring
  Hyla crucifer.
  

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• (Locomotive Engines), an iron rod fitted between the springs and the axle boxes, to sustain and regulate the pressure on the axles.

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• noun minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried
  egg roll.
  

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• a kind of rye sown in the spring; in distinction from winter rye, sown in autumn.

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• noun a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring
  spring balance.
  

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• noun European scilla with small blue or purple flowers
  sea onion; Scilla verna.
  

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• (Naut.), a preventer stay, to assist the regular one. R. H. Dana, Jr.

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• the tide which happens at, or soon after, the new and the full moon, and which rises higher than common tides. See Tide.

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• verb be remembered
  come to mind.
  
  • His name comes to mind when you mention the strike

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• noun preseason training during the spring
  

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• verb come into existence; take on form or shape
  originate; develop; rise; uprise; arise; grow.
  
  • 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

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• noun herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building
  Vicia sativa.
  
• noun bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers
  spring vetch; Lathyrus vernus.
  

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• noun bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers
  spring vetch; Lathyrus vernus.
  

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• a wagon in which springs are interposed between the body and the axles to form elastic supports.

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• noun underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks
  well water; ground water.
  
• noun water from a spring
  

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• any kind of wheat sown in the spring; in distinction from winter wheat, which is sown in autumn.

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• adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the spring
  spring-blooming; late-spring-blooming; early-blooming; early-flowering.
  

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• verb thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year
  spring-clean.
  
  • she started spring-cleaning on April 1

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• noun the activity of cleaning a house thoroughly at the end of winter
  
• verb thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year
  spring-clean.
  
  • she started spring-cleaning on April 1

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• adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the spring
  spring-blooming; late-spring-blooming; early-blooming; early-flowering.
  

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• adjective containing a compressed spring that presses one part against another
  

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• noun a cow about to give birth
  springer.
  

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• noun a poetic rhythm that imitates the rhythm of speech
  

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• noun a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above
  hot spring.
  

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• (Naut.), to strain it so that it is unserviceable.

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• (Naut.), to loosen the end of a plank in a ship's bottom.

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• to open or crack so as to let in water; to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.
• (Naut.), to begin to leak.

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• to cause a rattle to sound. See Watchman's rattle, under Watchman.
• to cause it to sound.

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• (Arch.), to build an arch; a common term among masons; as, to spring an arcg over a lintel.

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• to leap toward; to attempt to reach by a leap.

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• to leap out; to rush out.

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• to rush in; to enter with a leap or in haste.

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• to leap on; to rush on with haste or violence; to assault.

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• (Naut.), to ease the helm, and sail nearer to the wind than before; said of a vessel. Mar. Dict.

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• a spring fixed in the axle box of the trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as to assist in deadening any shock which may occur. Weale.

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• a wine fount.

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• noun small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; eastern North America
  Claytonia virginica.
  

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• noun a spring in the shape of a coil
  coil spring.
  

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• a spring of water issuing from stratified rocks.

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• a spring that discharges water slowly.

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