Словарь синонимов английского языка - spring

(v) 1. leap, bound, jump, hop, vault, dart, fly, bounce: He sprang to his feet when she came into the room. When Dom came to the stream, he sprang over it. The leprechaun sprang out from behind a tree. 2. arise, appear, grow, come up, rise, come into being or existence, be born, emerge, sprout, shoot up, burst forth: Where the dragon's teeth were sown, an entire army cprang up. 3. Often, spring up or from. originate, begin, start, evolve; proceed from, stem from, descend from, derive from, come from, develop from: He learned how the practice of scratching the head in perplexity had sprung up. I wondered where the term horse latitudes sprang from. 4. start or begin or experience or cause to occur or appear or happen suddenly or unexpectedly, broach, pop, introduce or divulge or reveal or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly: The canoe sprang a leak and started to sink. He likes to spring trick questions at candidates in an interview. 5. spring for. pay for, treat (someone) to, assume the expense(s) of: If you go to a place I choose, I'll spring for dinner. -(n) 6. leap, bound, jump, hop, vault, bounce, skip: In one cpring the cat cleared the garden wall and was off. 7. bounciness, bounce, resiliency, resilience, springiness, buoyancy, elasticity, sprightliness, airiness, flexibility: Despite her age, there's still a lot of spring in her step. 8. source, fount, fountain-head, well-spring, well, origin, beginning, root: From what secret spring does his understanding arise? 9. springtime, Eastertide, Maytime: At 35, James is still in the spring of life. -(adj) 10. vernal: We exulted in the spring sunshine.