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Search   Web Kids.Net.Au Thesaurus   Sponsors	Thesaurus > Related Words: spring Words related to spring Related / Similar Words: leap, leaping, saltation, bound, bounce, give, springiness, fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring, springtime, resile, take a hop, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, jump, form, take form, take shape Definition: a light springing movement upwards or forwards; a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed; "the spring was broken"; the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length; a point at which water issues forth; a natural flow of ground water; the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year"; develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak"; produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving"; spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"; move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"; produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang a new haircut on his wife"; develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape";   See Also: leap out, jump out, jump, stand out, stick out, hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride Hyponyms: caper, capriole, pounce, bedspring, coil spring, volute spring, leaf spring, mainspring, spiral spring, Fountain of Youth, geyser, hot spring, thermal spring, kick back, recoil, kick, skip, bound off, carom, glance, pronk, bounce, resile, take a hop, bound, rebound, reverberate, ricochet, burst, galumph, ski jump, saltate, vault, leapfrog, overleap, curvet, hop, hop-skip, regenerate, head, bead Derivational Morphology: jump, leap, bound, bounce, resile, take a hop, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, saltate, give, yield, carom, repercussion, backlash, leaping, saltation, resilience, resiliency, bouncing, bounciness, bounder, leaper, jumper, jumping, formation Find words starting with:     A B C     D E F     G H I     J K L     M N O     P Q R     S T U     V W X     Y Z

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