| • | To leap; to bound; to jump. |
| • | To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity;
to dart; to shoot. |
| • | To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert. |
| • | To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its
elastic power. |
| • | To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to
become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in
seasoning. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to
result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle. |
| • | To grow; to prosper. |
| • | To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to
cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a
pheasant. |
| • | To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly. |
| • | To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine. |
| • | To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken;
as, to spring a mast or a yard. |
| • | To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap
operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap. |
| • | To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force
or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to
straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in
a slat or a bar. |
| • | To pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence. |
| • | A leap; a bound; a jump. |
| • | A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its
former state by elasticity; as, the spring of a bow. |
| • | Elastic power or force. |
| • | An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber,
tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as
receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating
motion, measuring weight or other force. |
| • | Any source of supply; especially, the source from which
a stream proceeds; as issue of water from the earth; a natural
fountain. |
| • | Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is
produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive. |
| • | That which springs, or is originated, from a source; |
| • | A race; lineage. |
| • | A youth; a springal. |
| • | A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees;
woodland. |
| • | That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively
tune. |
| • | The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and
grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March,
April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator. |
| • | The time of growth and progress; early portion; first
stage. |
| • | A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely
or transversely. |
| • | A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that
by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired
position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to
some point upon the wharf to which she is moored. |
Here is the answer for the: Leap Word Craze. This Word Craze clue was last seen on December 23 2024 Word Craze Daily Mini puzzle. The answer we have for Leap has a total of 6 letters.