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spring·time

 (sprĭng′tīm′)
n.
The season of spring.
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springtime

(ˈsprɪŋˌtaɪm)
n
1. (Physical Geography) Also called: springtide the season of spring
2. the earliest, usually the most attractive, period of the existence of something
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spring•time

(ˈsprɪŋˌtaɪm)

n.
1. the season of spring.
2. the first or earliest period. Also called spring•tide (-ˌtaɪd)
[1485–95]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.springtime - the season of growthspringtime - the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year"
time of year, season - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"
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springtime

noun
The season of the year during which the weather becomes warmer and plants revive:
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Translations
فَصْلُ الرَّبِيعُفَصل الرَّبيع
jaro
forårstid
kevät
proljeće
vor
春季
봄철
vår
ฤดูใบไม้ผลิ
baharilkbahar mevsimi
mùa xuân

springtime

[ˈsprɪnŋtaɪm] Nprimavera f
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springtime

[ˈsprɪŋtaɪm] nprintemps m
in springtime → au printempsspring water neau f de source
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springtime

[ˈsprɪŋˌtaɪm] nprimavera
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spring

(spriŋ) past tense sprang (spraŋ) : past participle sprung (spraŋ) verb
1. to jump, leap or move swiftly (usually upwards). She sprang into the boat.
2. to arise or result from. His bravery springs from his love of adventure.
3. to (cause a trap to) close violently. The trap must have sprung when the hare stepped in it.
noun
1. a coil of wire or other similar device which can be compressed or squeezed down but returns to its original shape when released. a watch-spring; the springs in a chair.
2. the season of the year between winter and summer when plants begin to flower or grow leaves. Spring is my favourite season.
3. a leap or sudden movement. The lion made a sudden spring on its prey.
4. the ability to stretch and spring back again. There's not a lot of spring in this old trampoline.
5. a small stream flowing out from the ground.
ˈspringy adjective
1. able to spring back into its former shape. The grass is very springy.
2. having spring. These floorboards are springy.
ˈspringiness noun
sprung (sprŋa) adjective
having springs. a sprung mattress.
ˈspringboard noun
1. a springy type of diving-board.
2. a board on which gymnasts jump before vaulting.
spring cleaning
thorough cleaning of a house etc especially in spring.
ˈspringtime noun
the season of spring.
spring up
to develop or appear suddenly. New buildings are springing up everywhere.
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springtime

فَصْلُ الرَّبِيعُ jaro forårstid Frühlingszeit άνοιξη primavera kevät printemps proljeće primavera 春季 봄철 voorjaar vår wiosna primavera весенняя пора vår ฤดูใบไม้ผลิ bahar mùa xuân 春季
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References in classic literature ?
The calendar on the wall kept crying to her: "Springtime is here, Sarah-- springtime is here, I tell you.
By thus appearing before the springtime you have not only killed yourself, but you have wrought my destruction also."
Quoth Robin at last, "Methinks I would rather roam this forest in the gentle springtime than be King of all merry England.
As the springtime breeze whose flutter The silken skirts hath blown, As the wind-drawn note of the bamboo flute Whose charm we would make our own, --
She led me to her lodge; my heart was thawed by her kindness, and my eyes burst forth with tears; like the frozen fountains in springtime. She never changed; but as the days passed away, was still a mother to me.
On that third of March, all the rooms in the English Club were filled with a hum of conversation, like the hum of bees swarming in springtime. The members and guests of the Club wandered hither and thither, sat, stood, met, and separated, some in uniform and some in evening dress, and a few here and there with powdered hair and in Russian kaftans.