springing Synonyms & Antonyms

present participle and gerund of spring

To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation

To burst forth.

(of beards) To grow.

To cause to burst forth.

To make wet, to moisten.

(usually with "to" or "up") To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.

(now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.

To go off.

To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.

(usually perfective) To crack.

To have something crack.

To cause to crack.

To surprise by sudden or deft action.

(of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.

(of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.

To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.

To raise a vessel's sheer.

(cobblery) To raise a last's toe.

To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.

To raise an offered price.

To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.

To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.

To provide spring or elasticity

To inspire, to motivate.

To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.

(now rare) To reach maturity, to be fully grown.

(chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.

(of rattles) To sound, to play.

To spend the springtime somewhere

To hold tightly, to clasp.

To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.

To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.

To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.

To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.

To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning.

To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander

To percolate; to be filtered.

To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.

To urge with importunity; to press.

Hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.

To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.

The action of the verb to spring.

A set of springs in a vehicle, etc.

The spring of an arch: the lowest part of an arch on both sides.

That springs or spring.

That takes effect only after the incapacity of the grantor or some other definite future act or circumstance.

(characterizing the power of attorney) That takes effect only after the incapacity of the grantor or some other definite future act or circumstance.