Spring

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Spring

Verb

  1. To move or burst forth.

    "The boat sprang a leak and began to sink."

  2. To appear.
  3. To grow, to sprout. To mature.
  4. To mature.
  5. To arise, to come into existence.

Noun

  1. An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
  2. The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.

    "Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce."

  3. The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.

    "Chinese New Year always occurs in January or February but is called the "Spring Festival" throughout East Asia because it is reckoned as the beginning of their spring."

  4. The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.

    "I spent my spring holidays in Morocco."

  5. The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process. a period of political liberalization and democratization

    "Arab Spring"

Anagrams of Spring

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