Spring vs. Winter

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;

Winternoun

Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December 23 to March 20 in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.

Winternoun

The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.

Winternoun

(obsolete) An appliance to be fixed on the front of a grate, to keep a kettle warm, etc.

Winterverb

(intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).

Winterverb

(transitive) To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold.

Winternoun

The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.

Winternoun

The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.

Winterverb

To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.

Winterverb

To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.

Winternoun

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

Winterverb

spend the winter;

Winter

Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and temperate zones; it does not occur in most of the tropical zone. It occurs after autumn and before spring in each year.