3. List the different meanings of word
'spring' mentioned in the poem
'Springing to action'. (40+ words)
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VARIABLE NOUN
Spring is the season between winter and summer when the weather becomes warmer and plants start to grow again.
We planted bulbs to flower in spring.
The Labor government of Western Australia has an election due next spring.
We met again in the spring of 1977.
The apricot plant provides delicate, white spring flowers.
Synonyms: springtime, springtide [literary] More Synonyms of spring
2. COUNTABLE NOUN
A spring is a spiral of wire which returns to its original shape after it is pressed or pulled.
As the mattress wears, the springs soften and do not support your spine.
Both springs in the fuel pump were broken.
3. COUNTABLE NOUN [usually plural]
A spring is a place where water comes up through the ground. It is also the water that comes from that place.
To the north are the hot springs of Banyas de Sant Loan.
Synonyms: geyser, hot spring, fount [literary], well head More Synonyms of spring
4. VERB
When a person or animal springs, they jump upwards or forwards suddenly or quickly.
He sprang to his feet, grabbing his keys off the coffee table. [VERB preposition]
Outside each door a guard sprang to attention as they approached. [VERB preposition]
Throwing back the sheet, he sprang from the bed. [VERB preposition]
The lion roared once and sprang. [VERB]
Synonyms: jump, bound, leap, bounce More Synonyms of spring
5. VERB
If something springs in a particular direction, it moves suddenly and quickly.
Sadly when the lid of the boot sprang open, it was empty. [VERB adjective]
6. VERB
If things or people spring into action or spring to life, they suddenly start being active or suddenly come into existence.
When she contacted me at the beginning of August to enlist support, Sharon and I sprang into action. [VERB preposition]
...new industries which had sprung into life during the 1920s. [VERB preposition]