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Spring

To leap; to bound; to jump.

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Broader term 27

Acquire 76% connected

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

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Become 76% connected

of Become

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Beginning 76% connected

of Begin

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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Develop 76% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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Disclose 76% connected

To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.

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Discover 76% connected

To uncover.

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Divulge 76% connected

To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which…

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Elasticity 76% connected

The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external…

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Expose 76% connected

To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

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Formation 76% connected

The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Grow 76% connected

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

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Jump 76% connected

A kind of loose jacket for men.

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Jumping 76% connected

of Jump

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Leap 76% connected

A basket.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Origin 76% connected

The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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Produce 76% connected

To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

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Reveal 76% connected

To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.

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Root 76% connected

To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.

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Season 76% connected

One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., ca…

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Snap 76% connected

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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Source 76% connected

The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

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Uncover 76% connected

To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.

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Unwrap 76% connected

To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.

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Bounce 76% connected

To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.

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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

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Burst 76% connected

of Burst

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Caper 76% connected

To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.

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Capriole 76% connected

A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.

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Carom 76% connected

A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's b…

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Curvet 76% connected

A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises his hind legs, s…

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Hop 76% connected

To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.

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Kick 76% connected

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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Leapfrog 76% connected

A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.

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Overleap 76% connected

To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore.

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Rebound 76% connected

To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

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Recoil 76% connected

To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

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Resile 76% connected

To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

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Ricochet 76% connected

A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of…

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Saltate 76% connected

To leap or dance.

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Skip 76% connected

A basket. See Skep.

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Vault 76% connected

An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.

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Caper 76% connected

To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.

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Capriole 76% connected

A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.

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Geyser 76% connected

A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.

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Mainspring 76% connected

The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which imp…

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Pounce 76% connected

A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.

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Bounce 74% connected

To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.

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Bounce 74% connected

To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.

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Bound 74% connected

of Bind

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Bound 74% connected

of Bind

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Leap 74% connected

A basket.

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Leap 74% connected

A basket.

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Rebound 74% connected

To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

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Rebound 74% connected

To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

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Synonym 17

Bounce 92% connected

To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.

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Bound 92% connected

of Bind

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form 92% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Fountain 92% connected

A spring of water issuing from the earth.

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Give 92% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Jump 92% connected

A kind of loose jacket for men.

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Leap 92% connected

A basket.

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Leaping 92% connected

of Leap

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Outflow 92% connected

A flowing out; efflux.

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Rebound 92% connected

To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

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Recoil 92% connected

To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

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Resile 92% connected

To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

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Reverberate 92% connected

Reverberant.

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Ricochet 92% connected

A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of…

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Saltation 92% connected

A leaping or jumping.

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Springiness 92% connected

The state or quality of being springly.

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Springtime 92% connected

The season of spring; springtide.

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