"spring up" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "springs up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "springing up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprang up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprung up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spring<,,sprang,sprung> up"
      },
      "expansion": "spring up (third-person singular simple present springs up, present participle springing up, simple past sprang up, past participle sprung up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A breeze had sprung up, pushing the ship back within range of the Spanish cannons.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To appear suddenly."
      ],
      "id": "en-spring_up-en-verb-OZoU3Dd7",
      "links": [
        [
          "appear",
          "appear"
        ],
        [
          "suddenly",
          "suddenly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To appear suddenly."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "sense": "to appear suddenly",
          "word": "pop up"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "word": "spring up like mushrooms"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "word": "springer-up"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1960 November, H. P. White, “The evolution of train services on the Southern's Oxted line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 662",
          "text": "In the 1890s and in the early years of the present century there was considerable building development in the area around Sanderstead, Warlingham and Oxted, where large villas were springing up. East Grinstead, Tunbridge Wells and Uckfield were growing fast, as was that loosely knit \"subtopia\"—neither town, village nor country—which is known collectively as Crowborough.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come rapidly into existence."
      ],
      "id": "en-spring_up-en-verb-4XJSurYA",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, figuratively) To come rapidly into existence."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "sense": "to come rapidly into existence",
          "word": "upspring"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "word": "come into being"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to come rapidly into existence",
          "word": "ilmestyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to come rapidly into existence",
          "word": "pousser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "refers to fresh vegetation",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to come rapidly into existence",
          "word": "rearea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "šočaš",
          "sense": "to come rapidly into existence",
          "word": "шочаш"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spring up"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "spring up like mushrooms"
    },
    {
      "word": "springer-up"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "springs up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "springing up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprang up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprung up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spring<,,sprang,sprung> up"
      },
      "expansion": "spring up (third-person singular simple present springs up, present participle springing up, simple past sprang up, past participle sprung up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A breeze had sprung up, pushing the ship back within range of the Spanish cannons.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To appear suddenly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "appear",
          "appear"
        ],
        [
          "suddenly",
          "suddenly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To appear suddenly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1960 November, H. P. White, “The evolution of train services on the Southern's Oxted line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 662",
          "text": "In the 1890s and in the early years of the present century there was considerable building development in the area around Sanderstead, Warlingham and Oxted, where large villas were springing up. East Grinstead, Tunbridge Wells and Uckfield were growing fast, as was that loosely knit \"subtopia\"—neither town, village nor country—which is known collectively as Crowborough.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come rapidly into existence."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, figuratively) To come rapidly into existence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to appear suddenly",
      "word": "pop up"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to come rapidly into existence",
      "word": "upspring"
    },
    {
      "word": "come into being"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to come rapidly into existence",
      "word": "ilmestyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to come rapidly into existence",
      "word": "pousser"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "refers to fresh vegetation",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to come rapidly into existence",
      "word": "rearea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "šočaš",
      "sense": "to come rapidly into existence",
      "word": "шочаш"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spring up"
}