'To spring at' definitions:
Definition of 'To spring at'
From: GCIDE
- Spring \Spring\ (spr[i^]ng), v. i. [imp. Sprang (spr[a^]ng) or Sprung (spr[u^]ng); p. p. Sprung; p. pr. & vb. n. Springing.] [AS. springan; akin to D. & G. springen, OS. & OHG. springan, Icel. & Sw. springa, Dan. springe; cf. Gr. spe`rchesqai to hasten. Cf. Springe, Sprinkle.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To leap; to bound; to jump. [1913 Webster]
- The mountain stag that springs From height to height, and bounds along the plains. --Philips. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot. [1913 Webster]
- And sudden light Sprung through the vaulted roof. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert. [1913 Webster]
- Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring. --Otway. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; -- often followed by up, forth, or out. [1913 Webster]
- Till well nigh the day began to spring. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth. --Job xxxviii. 27. [1913 Webster]
- Do not blast my springing hopes. --Rowe. [1913 Webster]
- O, spring to light; auspicious Babe, be born. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle. [1913 Webster]
- [They found] new hope to spring Out of despair, joy, but with fear yet linked. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To grow; to thrive; to prosper. [1913 Webster]
- What makes all this, but Jupiter the king, At whose command we perish, and we spring? --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To spring at, to leap toward; to attempt to reach by a leap.
- To spring forth, to leap out; to rush out.
- To spring in, to rush in; to enter with a leap or in haste.
- To spring on or To spring upon, to leap on; to rush on with haste or violence; to assault. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To spring at'
- Spring,
- Springe,
- Springing,
- Springs,
- To spring in,
- To spring on,
- spring up,
- Abita Springs,
- Air spring,
- Altamonte Springs,
- Arrowhead Springs,
- Balch Springs,
- Baxter Springs,
- Bay Springs,
- Beaver Springs,
- Beersheba Springs,
- Berrien Springs,
- Bethel Springs,
- Big Spring,
- Big Springs,
- Bitter Springs,
- Black Springs,
- Blue Springs,
- Boiling Springs,
- Boiling spring,
- Bonita Springs,
- Bonner Springs,
- Borrego Springs,
- Brine spring,
- Buffalo Springs,
- C spring,
- Caballine spring,
- Cambridge Springs,
- Camp Springs,
- Carrizo Springs,
- Cave Spring,
- Cave Springs,
- Cedar Springs,
- Chest Springs,
- Citrus Springs,
- Clear Spring,
- Cleo Springs,
- Clifton Springs,
- Climax Springs,
- Coffee Springs,
- Cold Spring,
- Cold Springs,
- College Springs,
- Colorado Springs,
- Connelly Springs,
- Conway Springs,
- Coral Springs,
- Creal Springs,
- Crescent Springs,
- Crystal Springs,
- Dawson Springs,
- Denham Springs,
- Diamond Springs,
- Dolan Springs,
- Double Springs,
- Dripping Springs,
- Driving spring,
- Edgar Springs,
- Eldorado Springs,
- Elm Springs,
- Erin Springs,
- Estill Springs,
- Eureka Springs,
- Excelsior Springs,
- Falling Spring,
- Fanning Springs,
- Flute Springs,
- Fountain Springs,
- Frankfort Springs,
- Franklin Springs,
- Geuda Springs,
- Glade Spring,
- Glenwood Springs,
- Graduated spring,
- Green Spring,
- Green Springs,
- Gum Springs,
- Harbor Springs,
- Hawk Springs,
- Hay Springs,
- Heath Springs,
- Heber Springs,
- High Springs,
- Highland Springs,
- Holly Springs,
- Homosassa Springs,
- Hot Spring,
- Hot Springs,
- Hughes Springs,
- Idaho Springs,
- Indian Springs,
- Intermittent springs,
- Jagger spring,
- Jemez Springs,
- Jerico Springs,
- Kingston Springs,
- Krotz Springs,
- Latter spring,
- Laurel Springs,
- Lime Springs,
- Lithia Springs,
- Lock Springs,
- Lost Springs,
- Magnetic Springs,
- Mammoth Spring,
- Manitou Springs,
- Mardela Springs,
- Miami Springs,
- Mill Spring,
- Mineral Springs,
- Moyie Springs,
- Nora Springs,
- Ocean Springs,
- Oliver Springs,
- Olney Springs,
- Pagosa Springs,
- Palm Springs,
- Patrick Springs,
- Patterson Springs,
- Payne Springs,
- Peach Springs,
- Pine Springs,
- Plum Springs,
- Poncha Springs,
- Powder Springs,
- Radium Springs,
- Ravenden Springs,
- Red Springs,
- Reeds Spring,
- Richfield Springs,
- Richland Springs,
- Ridge Spring,
- Roaring Spring,
- Roaring Springs,
- Rock Springs,
- Running Springs,
- Rush Springs,
- Russell Springs,
- Sailor Springs,
- Salt spring,
- Sand Springs,
- Sandy Springs,
- Sarasota Springs,
- Saratoga Springs,
- Sear spring,
- Seven Springs,
- Shady Spring,
- Sharon Springs,
- Sheep Springs,
- Shingle Springs,
- Siloam Springs,
- Silver Spring,
- Silver Springs,
- Sinking Spring,
- Slate Springs,
- Soda Springs,
- Solon Springs,
- Spanish Springs,
- Spiral spring,
- Spring Arbor,
- Spring Bay,
- Spring City,
- Spring Creek,
- Spring Garden,
- Spring Green,
- Spring Grove,
- Spring Grove, IN,
- Spring Hill,
- Spring Hill, IN,
- Spring Hope,
- Spring House,
- Spring Lake,
- Spring Lake, IN,
- Spring Mill,
- Spring Mills,
- Spring Mount,
- Spring Park,
- Spring Ridge,
- Spring Valley,
- Spring back,
- Spring balance,
- Spring beam,
- Spring beauty,
- Spring bed,
- Spring beetle,
- Spring box,
- Spring fly,
- Spring grass,
- Spring gun,
- Spring hook,
- Spring latch,
- Spring lock,
- Spring mattress,
- Spring of an arch,
- Spring of pork,
- Spring pin,
- Spring rye,
- Spring stay,
- Spring steel,
- Spring tide,
- Spring wagon,
- Spring wheat,
- Spring, TX,
- Springing use,
- Springs, NY,
- Stallion Springs,
- Steamboat Springs,
- Sulphur Springs,
- Sulphur Springs, IN,
- Sweet Springs,
- Sylvan Springs,
- Talladega Springs,
- Tarpon Springs,
- Taylor Springs,
- Tenakee Springs,
- Three Springs,
- To spring a butt,
- To spring a leak,
- To spring a mast,
- To spring a rattle,
- To spring a spar,
- To spring an arch,
- To spring forth,
- To spring the luff,
- To spring upon,
- Trailing spring,
- Union Springs,
- Valley Springs,
- Vintage spring,
- Wall spring,
- Walnut Springs,
- Warm Springs,
- Warm Springs, OR,
- Weeping spring,
- Wekiwa Springs,
- Weldon Spring,
- Wessington Springs,
- Western Springs,
- Whelen Springs,
- White Springs,
- Willow Springs,
- Winter Springs,
- Worthington Springs,
- Yellow Springs,
- York Springs,
- Zolfo Springs,
- atmospheric spring,
- box spring,
- coil spring,
- elliptic spring,
- leaf spring,
- natural spring,
- spring break,
- spring cankerworm,
- spring chicken,
- spring cleavers,
- spring cress,
- spring equinox,
- spring fever,
- spring frog,
- spring heath,
- spring onion,
- spring peeper,
- spring roll,
- spring scale,
- spring squill,
- spring to mind,
- spring training,
- spring upon,
- spring vetch,
- spring vetchling,
- spring water,
- springing cow,
- thermal spring,
- volute spring,
- Abita Springs, LA,
- Altamonte Springs, FL,
- Arrowhead Springs, WY,
- Balch Springs, TX,
- Baxter Springs, KS,
- Bay Springs, MS,
- Bear Valley Springs,
- Beaver Springs, PA,
- Beersheba Springs, TN,
- Berrien Springs, MI,
- Bethel Springs, TN,
- Big Spring, TX,
- Big Springs, NE,
- Bitter Springs, AZ,
- Black Springs, AR,
- Blue Springs, AL,
- Blue Springs, MO,
- Blue Springs, MS,
- Blue Springs, NE,
- Boiling Spring Lakes,
- Boiling Springs, NC,
- Boiling Springs, PA,
- Boiling Springs, SC,
- Bonita Springs, FL,
- Bonner Springs, KS,
- Borrego Springs, CA,
- Boyes Hot Springs,
- Buffalo Springs, TX,
- Cambridge Springs, PA,
- Camp Springs, MD,
- Carrizo Springs, TX,
- Cave Spring, GA,
- Cave Spring, VA,
- Cave Springs, AR,
- Cedar Springs, MI,
- Chest Springs, PA,
- Citrus Springs, FL,
- Clear Spring, MD,
- Cleo Springs, OK,
- Clifton Springs, NY,
- Climax Springs, MO,
- Coffee Springs, AL,
- Cold Spring Harbor,
- Cold Spring, KY,
- Cold Spring, MN,
- Cold Spring, NY,
- Cold Springs, NV,
- College Springs, IA,
- Colorado Springs, CO,
- Connelly Springs, NC,
- Conway Springs, KS,
- Coral Springs, FL,
- Creal Springs, IL,
- Crescent Springs, KY,
- Crystal Springs, FL,
- Crystal Springs, MS,
- Dawson Springs, KY,
- De Funiak Springs,
- De Leon Springs,
- Denham Springs, LA,
- Desert Hot Springs,
- Diamond Springs, CA,
- Dolan Springs, AZ,
- Double Springs, AL,
- Dripping Springs, OK,
- Dripping Springs, TX,
- Edgar Springs, MO,
- El Dorado Springs,
- Eldorado Springs, CO,
- Elm Springs, AR,
- Erin Springs, OK,
- Estill Springs, TN,
- Eureka Springs, AR,
- Excelsior Springs, MO,
- Falling Spring, WV,
- Fanning Springs, FL,
- Fetters Hot Springs,
- Flute Springs, OK,
- Fountain Springs, PA,
- Frankfort Springs, PA,
- Franklin Springs, GA,
- Geuda Springs, KS,
- Glade Spring, VA,
- Glenwood Springs, CO,
- Green Cove Springs,
- Green Spring, KY,
- Green Springs, OH,
- Gum Springs, AR,
- Harbor Springs, MI,
- Hawk Springs, WY,
- Hay Springs, NE,
- Heath Springs, SC,
- Heber Springs, AR,
- High Springs, FL,
- Highland Springs, VA,
- Holly Springs, GA,
- Holly Springs, MS,
- Holly Springs, NC,
- Homosassa Springs, FL,
- Hot Spring County,
- Hot Spring, AR,
- Hot Springs County,
- Hot Springs Village,
- Hot Springs, AR,
- Hot Springs, MT,
- Hot Springs, NC,
- Hot Springs, SD,
- Hot Springs, WY,
- Hot Sulphur Springs,
- Hughes Springs, TX,
- Idaho Springs, CO,
- Indian Springs Village,
- Indian Springs, GA,
- Indian Springs, NV,
- Jemez Springs, NM,
- Jerico Springs, MO,
- Kingston Springs, TN,
- Krotz Springs, LA,
- Laurel Springs, NJ,
- Lava Hot Springs,
- Lime Springs, IA,
- Lithia Springs, GA,
- Lock Springs, MO,
- Lost Springs, KS,
- Lost Springs, WY,
- Magnetic Springs, OH,
- Mammoth Spring, AR,
- Manitou Springs, CO,
- Manley Hot Springs,
- Mardela Springs, MD,
- Miami Springs, FL,
- Mill Spring, MO,
- Mineral Springs, AR,
- Mineral Springs, NC,
- Mount Holly Springs,
- Moyie Springs, ID,
- Murrieta Hot Springs,
- Nora Springs, IA,
- North Rock Springs,
- Ocean Springs, MS,
- Oliver Springs, TN,
- Olney Springs, CO,
- Pagosa Springs, CO,
- Palm Springs North,
- Palm Springs, CA,
- Palm Springs, FL,
- Patrick Springs, VA,
- Patterson Springs, NC,
- Payne Springs, TX,
- Peach Springs, AZ,
- Pine Springs, MN,
- Plum Springs, KY,
- Poncha Springs, CO,
- Powder Springs, GA,
- Radium Springs, NM,
- Ravenden Springs, AR,
- Red Boiling Springs,
- Red Springs, NC,
- Reeds Spring, MO,
- Richfield Springs, NY,
- Richland Springs, TX,
- Ridge Spring, SC,
- Roaring Spring, PA,
- Roaring Springs, TX,
- Rock Springs, NM,
- Rock Springs, WI,
- Rock Springs, WY,
- Running Springs, CA,
- Rush Springs, OK,
- Russell Springs, KS,
- Russell Springs, KY,
- Sailor Springs, IL,
- Sand Springs, OK,
- Sandy Springs, GA,
- Santa Fe Springs,
- Sarasota Springs, FL,
- Saratoga Springs, NY,
- Saratoga Springs, UT,
- Seven Springs, NC,
- Seven Springs, PA,
- Shady Spring, WV,
- Sharon Springs, KS,
- Sharon Springs, NY,
- Sheep Springs, NM,
- Shingle Springs, CA,
- Siloam Springs, AR,
- Silver Spring, MD,
- Silver Springs Shores,
- Silver Springs, AK,
- Silver Springs, NV,
- Silver Springs, NY,
- Sinking Spring, OH,
- Sinking Spring, PA,
- Slate Springs, MS,
- Soda Springs, ID,
- Solon Springs, WI,
- Spanish Springs, NV,
- Spring Arbor, MI,
- Spring Bay, IL,
- Spring City, PA,
- Spring City, TN,
- Spring City, UT,
- Spring Creek, NV