BEDSPRING | • bedspring n. A springy surface that supports the mattress of a bed. • BEDSPRING n. the spring of a bed. |
DAYSPRING | • dayspring n. (Archaic) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; daybreak. • DAYSPRING n. (archaic) dawn. |
HAIRSPRING | • hairspring n. A spring, made of a coil of fine wire, that is used to regulate the movement of a balance wheel in a watch. • HAIRSPRING n. the slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece. |
HANDSPRING | • handspring n. A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground. • hand-spring n. Alternative spelling of handspring. • HANDSPRING n. a somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground. |
HEADSPRING | • headspring n. A fountainhead; a source. • headspring n. (Figurative) A basis or foundation. • headspring n. (Gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about… |
INNERSPRING | • innerspring adj. That is constructed using springs enclosed within a padded fabric cover. • INNERSPRING adj. having coil springs inside a padded casing. |
MAINSPRING | • mainspring n. (Horology) The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, which drives it by uncoiling. • mainspring n. (Figuratively) The most important reason for, or element of, something. • MAINSPRING n. the chief spring in a mechanism esp. of a watch or clock. |
OFFSPRING | • offspring n. A person’s daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person’s children. • offspring n. All of a person’s descendants, including further generations. • offspring n. An animal or plant’s progeny or young. |
OUTSPRING | • outspring v. (Intransitive) To spring out. • outspring n. The outcome, result, or issue. • OUTSPRING v. to spring out. |
RESPRING | • respring v. (Transitive) To spring again. • respring v. (Transitive, computing) To restart SpringBoard on (a mobile device running iOS) without rebooting the device. • RESPRING v. to replace the springs of. |
SPRING | • spring v. (Intransitive) To burst forth. • spring v. (Transitive, archaic, of beards) To grow. • spring v. (Transitive) To cause to burst forth. |
UPSPRING | • upspring v. (Intransitive) To spring up, rise up, originate, come into being. • upspring n. (Obsolete) An upstart. • upspring n. A spring or leap into the air. |
WATCHSPRING | • watchspring n. The mainspring in a mechanical watch (timepiece). • WATCHSPRING n. the spring of a watch. |
WELLSPRING | • wellspring n. The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead. • wellspring n. (Figurative) A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource. • WELLSPRING n. a fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply. |