spring

spring

noun

Definition of SPRING

1

an act of leaping into the air <the deer gave a sudden spring and disappeared into the woods>

Synonyms bound, hop, leap, spring, vault

Related Words bounce, lope, skip; caper, capriole, gambado, gambol; attack, pounce; dive, pitch, plunge

2

a point or place at which something is invented or provided <the springs of this time-honored tradition run too deep to allow for easy explanation>

Synonyms cradle, font, fountain, fountainhead, origin, root, seedbed, spring, well, wellspring

Related Words beginning, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, threshold; baseline, first base, ground zero, square one