"Spring" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Springs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Spring (countable and uncountable, plural Springs)
  1. (countable) A surname. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Spring-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
  2. Alternative form of spring, the season of warmth and new Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: spring (extra: the season of warmth and new) Derived forms: Houghton-le-Spring
    Sense id: en-Spring-en-name-ED51ql8l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Spring meaning in English (1.8kB)

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          "text": "There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties.",
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