[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/spring/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / spring # spring noun (spring, springs); verb (spring, springs, sprang, sprung, springing) «spring» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Spring is the season after winter and before summer, when plants start to grow. Spring is a season of 3 months. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/#m1) 2. A spring is a coil of metal that goes back to its shape after you press or pull it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/#m2) 3. A spring is a place where water comes up out of the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/#m3) 4. To spring is to jump quickly: «the cat sprang onto the wall». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/#m4) ### In the lessons a season of three months; or springs counted as things; in science: in spring days get longer, flowers bloom, birds build nests and lambs are born; springs store energy (in a pen, a trampoline, a bed); in geography: a spring is a source of a river; phrases: «spring cleaning», «spring up» (appear suddenly), «hot spring» ### Examples - In spring they planted 40 trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/#x1) - Spring has 3 months. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/#x2) - A box has 12 springs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/#x3) - Birds lay eggs in spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/#x4) - In spring the days get longer and warmer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/#x5) - Press the spring and it bounces back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/#x6) - The river starts at a spring in the hills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/#x7) - The cat sprang onto the fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/#x8) - In Australia, spring starts in September. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/#x9) - We do our spring cleaning every year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/#x10) - Spring came, and the fishing began. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/#x11) ### Note Mostly a story word; hidden fact: a season has 3 months. Seasons are opposite in the north (USA, UK) and the south (Australia, New Zealand). In science, a spring stretches more when you hang more weight on it. Past: sprang, sprung. ## In Jewish tradition Here it means a place where water comes out of the ground. Elim has twelve springs, and "Spring up, O well" is a song to a well in the wilderness. The Writings also speak of the springs of the sea and springs sent into valleys, and Proverbs uses springs as a picture of a family's children. **Interpretation.** Tradition links the twelve springs of Elim with the twelve tribes and the palm trees with the seventy elders. The Song of the Well is read as thanks for water, which Rabbis said came by the merit of Miriam. The psalm sees God's care for the world in the springs He sends. ### Examples - Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well — sing ye unto it — (Torah NUM.21.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spring/#x1) - And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and three score and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters. (Torah EXO.15.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spring/#x2) - And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto Elim; and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they pitched there. (Torah NUM.33.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spring/#x3) - Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? (Writings JOB.38.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spring/#x4) - Who sendest forth springs into the valleys; they run between the mountains; (Writings PSA.104.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spring/#x5) - Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets. (Writings PRO.5.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spring/#x6) ### Note Mostly a story word; hidden fact: a season has 3 months. Seasons are opposite in the north (USA, UK) and the south (Australia, New Zealand). In science, a spring stretches more when you hang more weight on it. Past: sprang, sprung. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «spring» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spring/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«spring» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/spring.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «spring» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spring/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«spring» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/spring.html) on Mova free.