spring+of+life

  • 31spring — spring1 [ sprıŋ ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the season of the year between winter and summer: early/late spring last/this/next spring in (the) spring: In spring the garden is a feast of blossoms. a ) only before noun happening in spring or… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 32spring — [[t]sprɪ̱ŋ[/t]] ♦♦ springs, springing, sprang, sprung 1) N VAR Spring is the season between winter and summer when the weather becomes warmer and plants start to grow again. The Labor government of Western Australia has an election due next… …

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  • 33spring*/*/ — [sprɪŋ] noun I 1) [C/U] the season between winter and summer The garden is so beautiful in spring.[/ex] 2) [C] a place where water flows up from under the ground and forms a small stream or pool 3) [C] a long thin piece of metal that is twisted… …

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  • 34spring — springlike, adj. /spring/, v., sprang or, often, sprung; sprung; springing; n., adj. v.i. 1. to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or… …

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  • 35spring — 1 /sprIN/ noun 1 SEASON (C, U) the season between winter and summer when leaves and flowers appear: It was a cold, sunny day in early spring | the spring of 1933 | spring flowers 2 BED/CARS ETC a) (countable usually plural) something, usually a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 36spring — I UK [sprɪŋ] / US noun Word forms spring : singular spring plural springs *** 1) a) [countable/uncountable] the season of the year between winter and summer early/late spring last/this/next spring in (the) spring: The garden is so beautiful in… …

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  • 37spring — [c]/sprɪŋ / (say spring) verb (sprang or sprung, sprung, springing) –verb (i) 1. to rise or move suddenly and lightly as by some inherent power: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring. 2. to go or come suddenly as if with a leap: blood… …

  • 38spring — [[t]sprɪŋ[/t]] v. sprangor, often, sprung; sprung; spring•ing; 1) to rise, leap, or move suddenly and swiftly: a tiger about to spring[/ex] 2) to be released suddenly from a constrained position: The door sprang open[/ex] 3) to issue forth… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 39life — [[t]la͟ɪvz[/t]] ♦ lives 1) N UNCOUNT Life is the quality which people, animals, and plants have when they are not dead, and which objects and substances do not have. ...a baby s first minutes of life... Amnesty International opposes the death… …

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  • 40spring — 1. verb /sprɪŋ/ a) To start to exist. Sometimes the ideas spring to life fully formed. b) To jump or leap. He sprang up from his seat. Syn …

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