Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gripe
sprigg
sprigs
sprigs
noun
plural of sprig
spring
spring
adj
the season of warmth and new vegetation following winter
noun
(astronomy) 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.
(countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
(countable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
(countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
(countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
(countable, nautical, obsolete) A crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or (rare) a plank or seam.
(countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
(figurative) A race, a lineage.
(figurative) A youth.
(figurative, politics) a period of political liberalization and democratization
(geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
(meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
(nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
(nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
(obsolete) A lively piece of music.
(oceanography) Short for spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
(oceanography, obsolete) The rising of the sea at high tide.
(uncountable, figurative) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
A cause, a motive, etc.
A grove of trees; a forest.
A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
A shoot, a young tree.
Elastic energy, power, or force.
Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
verb
(Australia, slang) to catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
(figurative) to arise, to come into existence.
(figurative, Usually with cardinal adverbs, of animals) to move with great speed and energy; to leap, to jump; to dart, to sprint; of people: to rise rapidly from a seat, bed, etc.
(figurative, of animals) To cause to move energetically; (equestrianism) to cause to gallop, to spur.
(figurative, of plants) To bring forth.
(figurative, rare, obsolete) to inspire, to motivate.
(figurative, religion, philosophy) to descend or originate from.
(hunting, especially of birds) To rise from cover.
(hunting, of birds) To cause to rise from cover.
(intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere
(intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
(intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
(intransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
(intransitive, now rare) To reach maturity, to be fully grown.
(intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
(intransitive, obsolete) To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.
(intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
(intransitive, usually with "to" or "up") To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.
(now chiefly botanical) To grow taller or longer.
(obsolete) To begin something.
(obsolete) To produce, provide, or place an item unexpectedly.
(obsolete) To rise in social position or military rank, to be promoted.
(obsolete) permit to bring forth new shoots, leaves, etc.
(obsolete, intransitive, slang) To raise an offered price.
(obsolete, military) to go off.
(obsolete, military, of weapons) To shift quickly from one designated position to another.
(obsolete, of horses) To breed with, to impregnate.
(obsolete, of jokes, gags) To tell, to share.
(obsolete, of knowledge) To cause to become known, to tell of.
(obsolete, of knowledge, usually with wide) To become known, to spread.
(obsolete, of odors) To emit, to spread.
(obsolete, slang) To put bad money into circulation.
(of animals) to find or get enough food during springtime.
(of landscape) To come dramatically into view.
(of light) To appear, to dawn.
(of liquids) To gush, to flow suddenly and violently.
(of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
(of news, surprises) To announce unexpectedly, to reveal.
(of plants) To sprout, to grow,
(of water, now mostly followed by "out" or "up") To gush, to flow out of the ground.
(rare, of water) To cause to well up or flow out of the ground.
(transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.
(transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.
(transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.
(transitive, archaic, of beards) To grow.
(transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
(transitive, intransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
(transitive, military) To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.
(transitive, nautical) To cause to crack.
(transitive, nautical) To have something crack.
(transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
(transitive, obsolete) To make wet, to moisten.
(transitive, obsolete, cobblery) To raise a last's toe.
(transitive, obsolete, nautical) To raise a vessel's sheer.
(transitive, of rattles, archaic) To sound, to play.
(transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
(transitive, rare, obsolete) To provide spring or elasticity
(transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
(usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from
