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spring
What does spring mean?
spring (noun): the season of growth.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use spring in a sentence?
- The emerging buds were a sure sign of spring. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- He will hold office until the spring of next year. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce spring?
/spɹɪŋ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does spring come from?
From Middle English spryng (“a wellspring, tide, branch, sunrise, kind of dance or blow, ulcer, snare, flock”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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one's male offspring
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the season of growth
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protection from harm
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a quantity or volume
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