English Dictionary

spring

IPA（発音記号）

/spɹɪŋ/

動詞

自動詞 液体 句動詞 前置詞句 属格 植物 特に 鳥類 風景 比喩的用法 動物 通常 from を伴う用法 廃用 of句 未分類 におい 古語 複数所有格 他動詞 稀用 武器 前置詞句 機構 句動詞 目的語補語（apart/open） 完了相 オーストラリア英語 俗語 冗談用法 報道文体 アメリカ英語 of句 前置詞 from 併用 別表記 異形 方言 イギリス英語 複数所有格 前置詞句

(of liquids) To gush, to flow suddenly and violently. / (of water, now mostly followed by "out" or "up") To gush, to flow out of the ground. / (of light) To appear, to dawn.

日本語の意味

（液体の場合）急激に勢いよく噴き出す、湧き出ること。 / （水の場合、主に“out”または“up”の付随で用いられる）地下から噴き出す、湧き出すこと。 / （光の場合）現れる、現出する、夜明けすること。

When the old well pipe cracked, water began to spring out, soaking the courtyard.

古い井戸のパイプが破裂したとき、水が勢いよく噴き出して中庭をびしょ濡れにした。

意味（1）

(of liquids) To gush, to flow suddenly and violently.

...for swenge swat ædrum sprong forð under fexe. ...for the swing, the blood from his veins sprang forth under his hair.

意味（2）

(of water, now mostly followed by "out" or "up") To gush, to flow out of the ground.

意味（3）

(of light) To appear, to dawn.

...so the man tooke his concubine, and brought her foorth vnto them, and they knew her, and abused her all the night vntil the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her goe.

意味（4）

(of plants) To sprout, to grow,

Who hath diuided a water-course for the ouerflowing of waters? or a way for the lightning of thunder, To cause it to raine on the earth, where no man is: on the wildernesse wherein there is no man? To satisfie the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herbe to spring forth.

意味（5）

(now chiefly botanical) To grow taller or longer.

意味（6）

(hunting, especially of birds) To rise from cover.

Home I would go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up with gaping Creditors, / Watchful as Fowlers when their Game will spring; […]

意味（7）

(of landscape) To come dramatically into view.

意味（8）

(figuratively) to arise, to come into existence.

Hope springs eternal.

意味（9）

(figuratively, Usually with cardinal adverbs, of animals) to move with great speed and energy; to leap, to jump; to dart, to sprint; of people: to rise rapidly from a seat, bed, etc.

...into helle spring...

意味（10）

(usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from

He sprang from peasant stock.

意味（11）

(figuratively, religion, philosophy) to descend or originate from.

The Stoics sprang from the Cynics.

意味（12）

(obsolete) To rise in social position or military rank, to be promoted.

意味（13）

(obsolete, of knowledge, usually with wide) To become known, to spread.

意味（14）

(obsolete, of odors) To emit, to spread.

意味（15）

(transitive, archaic, of beards) To grow.

A ȝong kniȝt, þat sprong furst [berd], Of no man he nas aferd.

意味（16）

(rare, of water) To cause to well up or flow out of the ground.

意味（17）

(figuratively, of plants) To bring forth.

意味（18）

(obsolete, of knowledge) To cause to become known, to tell of.

意味（19）

(figuratively, of animals) To cause to move energetically; (equestrianism) to cause to gallop, to spur.

Just before the last pair of cones he sprung his ponies.

意味（20）

(hunting, of birds) To cause to rise from cover.

His dogs sprang the grouse and partridges and flushed the woodcock.

意味（21）

(obsolete, military, of weapons) To shift quickly from one designated position to another.

Each man springs his ramrod as the officer passes him, and then returns it.

意味（22）

(obsolete, of horses) To breed with, to impregnate.

...[they] sought the fairest stoned horses to spring their mares...

意味（23）

(of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.

He sprang the trap.

意味（24）

(transitive, obsolete) To make wet, to moisten.

意味（25）

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

The documentary made tears spring to their eyes.

意味（26）

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

On the 22nd the mines sprang, and took very good effect.

意味（27）

(obsolete, military) to go off.

The whole contraption appears liable to spring apart at any moment.

意味（28）

(transitive, military) To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.

They sprung another Mine... wherein was placed about sixtie Barrels of Powder.

意味（29）

(intransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.

Probably the mast had sprung in some squall.

意味（30）

(transitive, nautical) To have something crack.

The Edward sprang hir foremast.

意味（31）

(transitive, nautical) To cause to crack.

A boisterous wind... Springs the... mast...

意味（32）

To come upon and flush out

To spring a plant, is to find any thing that has been concealed by another.

意味（33）

(Australia, slang) to catch in an illegal act or compromising position.

He figured that nobody would ever spring him, but he figured wrong.

意味（34）

(obsolete) To begin something.

意味（35）

(obsolete) To produce, provide, or place an item unexpectedly.

Surpriz'd with Fright, She starts, and leaves her Bed, and springs a Light.

意味（36）

(obsolete, slang) To put bad money into circulation.

意味（37）

(obsolete, of jokes, gags) To tell, to share.

意味（38）

(of news, surprises) To announce unexpectedly, to reveal.

North Korea loves to spring surprises. More unusual is for its US foe to play along.

意味（39）

(transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.

His lieutenants hired a team of miners to help spring him.

意味（40）

(intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.

意味（41）

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

They sprung an arch over the lintel.

意味（42）

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

The arches spring from the front posts.

意味（43）

(transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.

意味（44）

(transitive, obsolete, nautical) To raise a vessel's sheer.

意味（45）

(transitive, obsolete, cobblery) To raise a last's toe.

意味（46）

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

He wouldn't spring a nickel for a bag of peanuts.

意味（47）

(obsolete, intransitive, slang) To raise an offered price.

意味（48）

(transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.

意味（49）

(transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.

意味（50）

(intransitive, obsolete) To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.

意味（51）

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

意味（52）

(transitive, rare, obsolete) To provide spring or elasticity

意味（53）

(figuratively, rare, obsolete) to inspire, to motivate.

意味（54）

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

Don't drive it in too hard, as it will ‘spring’ the plane-iron, and make it concave.

意味（55）

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

意味（56）

(intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.

“Gee, Dad, Nancy’s springing all right,” Ray said and paused in spontaneous pleasure. Stan Parker came, and together they looked at their swelling heifer.

意味（57）

(transitive, of rattles, archaic) To sound, to play.

I do not know how John and his mistress would have settled the fate of the thief, but just at this moment a policeman entered — for the cook had sprung the rattle, and had been screaming Murder and Thieves.

意味（58）

(intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere

意味（59）

(of animals) to find or get enough food during springtime.

springs （ present singular third-person ）

springing （ participle present ）

sprang （ past ）

sprung （ past ）

sprung （ participle past ）