Spring vs. Leap
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;
Leapverb
(intransitive) To jump.
Leapverb
(transitive) To pass over by a leap or jump.
Leapverb
(transitive) To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
Leapverb
(transitive) To cause to leap.
Leapnoun
The act of leaping or jumping.
Leapnoun
The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
Leapnoun
A group of leopards.
Leapnoun
(figuratively) A significant move forward.
Leapnoun
(figuratively) A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
Leapnoun
(mining) A fault.
Leapnoun
Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
Leapnoun
(music) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
Leapnoun
(calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.
Leapnoun
(obsolete) A basket.
Leapnoun
A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
Leapnoun
Half a bushel.
Leapnoun
A basket.
Leapnoun
A weel or wicker trap for fish.
Leapnoun
The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
Leapnoun
Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
Leapnoun
A fault.
Leapnoun
A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.
Leapverb
To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse.
Leapverb
To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
Leapverb
To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
Leapverb
To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
Leapverb
To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
Leapnoun
a light springing movement upwards or forwards
Leapnoun
an abrupt transition;
Leapnoun
a sudden and decisive increase;
Leapnoun
the distance leaped (or to be leaped);
Leapverb
move forward by leaps and bounds;
Leapverb
pass abruptly from one state or topic to another;
Leapverb
cause to jump or leap;
Leapverb
jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force
Leapverb
jump across
Leapverb
move quickly and suddenly
Leapverb
make a sudden rush to do something; act eagerly and suddenly
Leapverb
accept (an opportunity) eagerly
Leapverb
(of a price, amount, etc.) increase dramatically
Leapverb
(especially of writing) be conspicuous; stand out
Leapnoun
a forceful jump or quick movement
Leapnoun
a dramatic increase in price, amount, etc.
Leapnoun
a sudden abrupt change or transition
Leapnoun
a thing to be leaped over or from
Leapnoun
a group of leopards
