Jump vs. Spring
Jumpverb
(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
Jumpverb
(intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
Jumpverb
(transitive) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.
Jumpverb
(intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
Jumpverb
(intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
Jumpverb
(intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
Jumpverb
(transitive) To move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward.
Jumpverb
(transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
Jumpverb
To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
Jumpverb
(transitive) To cause to jump.
Jumpverb
(transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
Jumpverb
(transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
Jumpverb
To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
Jumpverb
To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
Jumpverb
To join by a buttweld.
Jumpverb
To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
Jumpverb
(quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
Jumpverb
(obsolete) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.
Jumpverb
To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
Jumpverb
To flee; to make one's escape.
Jumpnoun
The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
Jumpnoun
An effort; an attempt; a venture.
Jumpnoun
(mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
Jumpnoun
(architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
Jumpnoun
An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
Jumpnoun
An object which causes one to jump, a ramp.
Jumpnoun
An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
Jumpnoun
An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
Jumpnoun
An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
Jumpnoun
A jumping move in a board game.
Jumpnoun
A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
Jumpnoun
An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
Jumpnoun
(with on) An early start or an advantage.
Jumpnoun
(mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
Jumpnoun
(science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
Jumpnoun
(programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
Jumpnoun
A kind of loose jacket for men.
Jumpadverb
(obsolete) exactly; precisely
Jumpadjective
(obsolete) Exact; matched; fitting; precise.
Jumpnoun
A kind of loose jacket for men.
Jumpnoun
The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
Jumpnoun
An effort; an attempt; a venture.
Jumpnoun
The space traversed by a leap.
Jumpnoun
A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
Jumpnoun
An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
Jumpnoun
A jump-start; as, to get a jump from a passing mmotorist.
Jumpnoun
same as jump-start, n..
Jumpverb
To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.
Jumpverb
To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.
Jumpverb
To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; - followed by with.
Jumpverb
To pass over by means of a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.
Jumpverb
To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.
Jumpverb
To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
Jumpverb
To join by a butt weld.
Jumpverb
To bore with a jumper.
Jumpverb
same as jump-start, v. t..
Jumpadjective
Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.
Jumpadverb
Exactly; pat.
Jumpnoun
a sudden and decisive increase;
Jumpnoun
an abrupt transition;
Jumpnoun
(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
Jumpnoun
a sudden involuntary movement;
Jumpnoun
descent with a parachute;
Jumpnoun
the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground;
Jumpverb
move forward by leaps and bounds;
Jumpverb
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm;
Jumpverb
make a sudden physical attack on;
Jumpverb
increase suddenly and significantly;
Jumpverb
be highly noticeable
Jumpverb
enter eagerly into;
Jumpverb
rise in rank or status;
Jumpverb
run off or leave the rails;
Jumpverb
jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
Jumpverb
cause to jump or leap;
Jumpverb
start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car's battery
Jumpverb
bypass;
Jumpverb
pass abruptly from one state or topic to another;
Jumpverb
go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
Springverb
To jump or leap.
Springverb
To pass over by leaping.
Springverb
To produce or disclose unexpectedly, especially of surprises, traps, etc.
Springverb
(slang) To release or set free, especially from prison.
Springverb
To suddenly catch someone doing something illegal or against the rules.
Springverb
To come into being, often quickly or sharply.
Springverb
To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.
Springverb
To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert.
Springverb
(nautical) To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken.
Springverb
To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; often with in, out, etc.
Springverb
To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
Springverb
To move suddenly when pressure is released.
Springverb
(intransitive) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped.
Springverb
To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge, like a plant from its seed, a stream from its source, etc.; often followed by up, forth, or out.
Springverb
To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.
Springverb
(obsolete) To grow; to prosper.
Springverb
To build (an arch).
Springverb
To sound (a rattle, such as a watchman's rattle).
Springnoun
A leap; a bound; a jump.
Springnoun
(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.
Springnoun
(countable) Meteorologically, the months of March, April and May in the northern hemisphere or September, October and November in the southern.
Springnoun
(countable) The astronomically delineated period from the moment of vernal equinox, approximately March 21 in the northern hemisphere to the moment of the summer solstice, approximately June 21. (See Spring (season) for other variations.)
Springnoun
(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.
Springnoun
(countable) A place where water or oil emerges from the ground.
Springnoun
(uncountable) The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc.
Springnoun
Elastic power or force.
Springnoun
(countable) A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force when it is bent, compressed or stretched.
Springnoun
An erection of the penis.
Springnoun
(countable) The source of an action or of a supply.
Springnoun
Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.
Springnoun
That which springs, or is originated, from a source.
Springnoun
A race; lineage.
Springnoun
A youth; a springald.
Springnoun
A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland.
Springnoun
(obsolete) That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune.
Springnoun
The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage.
Springnoun
A rope attaching the bow of a vessel to the stern-side of the jetty, or vice versa, to stop the vessel from surging.
Springnoun
(nautical) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.
Springnoun
(nautical) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely.
Springverb
To leap; to bound; to jump.
Springverb
To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
Springverb
To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.
Springverb
To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power.
Springverb
To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning.
Springverb
To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; - often followed by up, forth, or out.
Springverb
To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.
Springverb
To grow; to thrive; to prosper.
Springverb
To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a pheasant.
Springverb
To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; as, to spring a surprise on someone; to spring a joke.
Springverb
To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine.
Springverb
To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard.
Springverb
To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap.
Springverb
To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; - often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar.
Springverb
To pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence.
Springverb
To release (a person) from confinement, especially from a prison.
Springnoun
A leap; a bound; a jump.
Springnoun
A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by its elasticity; as, the spring of a bow.
Springnoun
Elastic power or force.
Springnoun
An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force.
Springnoun
Any source of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; an issue of water from the earth; a natural fountain.
Springnoun
Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.
Springnoun
That which springs, or is originated, from a source;
Springnoun
That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune.
Springnoun
The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator.
Springnoun
The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage; as, the spring of life.
Springnoun
A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely.
Springnoun
the season of growth;
Springnoun
a natural flow of ground water
Springnoun
a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed;
Springnoun
a light springing movement upwards or forwards
Springnoun
the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
Springnoun
a point at which water issues forth
Springverb
move forward by leaps and bounds;
Springverb
develop into a distinctive entity;
Springverb
spring back; spring away from an impact;
Springverb
produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly;
Springverb
develop suddenly;
Springverb
produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly;
