- 3. Fountain, well, fountain-head, fount, spring, head.
- 4. Source, original, origin, principle, cause.
- 5. Vernal season, spring-tide, spring-time.
Spring a leak. Begin to leak.
Springe, n. Snare, gin, noose, net, toil, trap.
Spring-halt, n. String-halt.
Springiness, n.
- 1. Elasticity, resilience, spring.
- 2. Wetness, sponginess.
Springy, a. Elastic, resilient, rebounding.
Sprinkle, v. a.
- 1. Scatter, strew.
- 2. Bedew, besprinkle, scatter.
- 3. Wash, cleanse, purify.
Sprinkle, v. n. Ram (moderately).
Sprinkler, n. Watering-pot, sprinkle.
Sprinkling, n. Affusion.
Sprite, n. Fairy, fay, pixy, elf, spirit, ghost, spectre, apparition, shade, phantom, goblin, hobgoblin.
Sprout, v. n.
- 1. Shoot, germinate, vegetate, push, grow, pullulate, put forth, shoot forth, burst forth, bourgeon.
- 2. Ramify, shoot into branches.
Sprout, n.
- 1. Acrospire, plumule.