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Meaning:

Noun:

  • countable A mechanical device made of bent, compressed or stretched.
  • countable A place where water emerges from the ground.
  • countable Meteorologically, the months of March, April and May in the northern hemisphere (or September, October and November in the southern).
  • nautical A rope attaching the bow of a vessel to the stern-side of the jetty, or vice versa, to stop the vessel from surging.
  • slang An erection of the penis.
  • countable Spring tide; a tide of greater-than-average range, that is, around the first or third quarter of a lunar month, or around the times of the new or full moon.
  • Spring (season) for other variations.)
  • countable The source of an action
  • countable Traditionally the first of the four seasons of the year in temperate regions, in which plants spring from the ground and trees come into blossom, following winter and preceding summer.
  • uncountable The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc.

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Verb:

  • slang To release or set free, especially from prison.
  • To jump or leap.
  • To start to exist.

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