Definizione monolingua

spring

spring (third-person singular simple present springs, present participle springing, simple past sprang or sprung, past participle sprung)

1. To start to exist.

   Sometimes the ideas spring to life fully formed.

   • 2011 January 15, Sam Sheringham, “Chelsea 4 - 3 Blackburn Rovers”, BBC:

     Just after the half-hour mark, the contest sprung to life with a frantic passage of play, Lampards first-time ball releasing Drogba, whose slight hesitation allowed Gael Givet to produce a brilliant saving tackle.

2. To jump or leap.

   He sprang up from his seat.

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

     She was awakened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if Dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed she might have been hurt. As it was, the jar made her catch her breath and wonder what had happened; and Toto put his cold little nose into her face and whined dismally. Dorothy sat up and noticed that the house was not moving; nor was it dark, for the bright sunshine came in at the window, flooding the little room. She sprang from her bed and with Toto at her heels ran and opened the door.

   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5

     Not thirty paces behind the two she crouched--Sabor, the huge lioness--lashing her tail. Cautiously she moved a great padded paw forward, noiselessly placing it before she lifted the next. Thus she advanced; her belly low, almost touching the surface of the ground--a great cat preparing to spring upon its prey.

   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacobs Room Chapter 2

     Archer and Jacob jumped up from behind the mound where they had been crouching with the intention of springing upon their mother unexpectedly, and they all began to walk slowly home.

3. (slang) To release or set free, especially from prison.

spring (countable and uncountable; plural springs)

1. (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.

   Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.

   I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.

   You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.

2. (countable) Meteorologically, the months of March, April and May in the northern hemisphere (or September, October and November in the southern).
3. (countable) The astronomically delineated period from the moment of vernal equinox, approximately March 20 in the northern hemisphere to the moment of the summer solstice, approximately June 21. (See Spring (season) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Spring (season) for other variations.)
4. (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.
5. (countable) A place where water emerges from the ground.

   This water is bottled from the spring of the river.

6. (uncountable) The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc.
7. (countable) A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force when it is bent, compressed or stretched.

   We fucked so hard the bed springs broke.

8. (countable, 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.

   You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much.

9. (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
10. (countable) The source of an action
    • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973, § 9.

      ... discover, at least in some degree, the secret springs and principles, by which the human mind is actuated in its operations?

Definizione dizionario spring

	primavera
	season
	Traditionally the first of the four seasons, the season of growth with an ever increasing amount of daytime.

	molla
	device made of flexible material

	fonte
	water source

	saltare
	jump or leap

	sorgente
	water source

	formarsi
	start to exist

	generarsi
	start to exist

	nascere
	start to exist

abbrivio

abbrivo

balestra

balzare

balzo

cascata

derivare

discendere

elasticità

fontana

piuma

pozzo

provenire

salto

scattare

scatto

scaturire

schizzare

sgorgare

slancio

sorgere

zampillare

Altri significati:

(countable) A place where water emerges from the ground.

(slang) To release or set free, especially from prison.

higher-than-average tide

body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.)

(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.

(countable) Meteorologically, the months of March, April and May in the northern hemisphere (or September, October and November in the southern).

To jump or leap.

(countable, 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.

source of an action

(countable) A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force when it is bent, compressed or stretched.

A mechanical device made of flexible material that exerts force when it is bent.

(uncountable) The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc.

To start to exist.

(countable) The source of an action

To spring away from an impact.

(countable, slang) An erection of the penis.

rope on a boat

A place where water emerges from the ground.

property of a body of springing to its original form

third month of the lunar calendar

(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.

(countable) The astronomically delineated period from the moment of vernal equinox, approximately March 20 in the northern hemisphere to the moment of the summer solstice, approximately June 21. (See 15px Spring (season) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Spring (season) for other variations.)

spring (e.g. coil, leaf)

A place where ground water flows naturally from a rock or the soil onto the land surface or into a body of surface water. (Source: BJGEO)