To move or burst forth. • To appear. • To grow, to sprout. • To mature. • To arise, to come into existence. • To enliven. • To move with great speed and energy. • To be born, descend, or originate from • To rise in social position or military rank, to be promoted. • To cause to spring (all senses). • To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure. • To leap over. • To breed with, to impregnate. • To wet, to moisten. • To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter. • To go off. • To crack. • To come upon and flush out. • To catch in an illegal act or compromising position. • To begin. • To put bad money into circulation. • To tell, to share. • To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape. • To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape. • To secure a person's release from custody; to free or bail out of jail. • To build, to form the initial curve of. • To extend, to curve. • To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable. • To pay or spend a certain sum, to yield. • To raise an offered price. • Alternative form of sprain. • Alternative form of strain. • To act as a spring: to strongly rebound. • To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension. • 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. • To swell with milk or pregnancy. • To sound, to play. • To find or get enough food during springtime.