springless
Use Springless in a sentence
lɪs adjective
1.
having no springs: a springless bed.
2.
lacking liveliness or resilience; lifeless: His shoulders drooped and his walk had become springless.
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| —vb (usually foll by from) (often foll by up) , springs, springing, sprang, sprung, sprung | |
| 1. | to move or cause to move suddenly upwards or forwards in a single motion |
| 2. | to release or be released from a forced position by elastic force: the bolt sprang back |
| 3. | (tr) to leap or jump over |
| 4. | (intr) to come, issue, or arise suddenly |
| 5. | (intr) (of a part of a mechanism, etc) to jump out of place |
| 6. | to make (wood, etc) warped or split or (of wood, etc) to become warped or split |
| 7. | to happen or cause to happen unexpectedly: to spring a surprise; the boat sprung a leak |
| 8. | (intr) to develop or originate: the idea sprang from a chance meeting |
| 9. | to be descended: he sprang from peasant stock |
| 10. | to come into being or appear suddenly: factories springing up |
| 11. | (tr) (of a gun dog) to rouse (game) from cover |
| 12. | (intr) (of game or quarry) to start or rise suddenly from cover |
| 13. | (intr) to appear to have a strong upward movement: the beam springs away from the pillar |
| 14. | to explode (a mine) or (of a mine) to explode |
| 15. | (tr) to provide with a spring or springs |
| 16. | informal (tr) to arrange the escape of (someone) from prison |
| 17. | archaic, poetic or (intr) (of daylight or dawn) to begin to appear |
| —n | |
| 18. | the act or an instance of springing |
| 19. | a leap, jump, or bound |
| 20. | a. the quality of resilience; elasticity |
| b. (as modifier): spring steel | |
| 21. | the act or an instance of moving rapidly back from a position of tension |
| 22. | a. a natural outflow of ground water, as forming the source of a stream |
| b. (as modifier): spring water | |
| 23. | a. a device, such as a coil or strip of steel, that stores potential energy when it is compressed, stretched, or bent and releases it when the restraining force is removed |
| b. (as modifier): a spring mattress | |
| 24. | a structural defect such as a warp or bend |
| 25. | a. (sometimes capital) the season of the year between winter and summer, astronomically from the March equinox to the June solstice in the N hemisphere and from the September equinox to the December solstice in the S hemisphere |
| b. (as modifier): spring showers Related: vernal | |
| 26. | the earliest or freshest time of something |
| 27. | a source or origin |
| 28. | one of a set of strips of rubber, steel, etc, running down the inside of the handle of a cricket bat, hockey stick, etc |
| 29. | nautical Also called: spring line a mooring line, usually one of a pair that cross amidships |
| 30. | a flock of teal |
| 31. | architect another name for springing |
| Related: vernal | |
| [Old English springan; related to Old Norse springa, Old High German springan, Sanskrit sprhayati he desires, Old Slavonic pragu grasshopper] | |
| 'springless | |
| —adj | |
| 'springlike | |
| —adj | |
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Springless
is always a great word to know.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example sentences
But the brave little horses hurry along even a springless cart on a moonless night.
One had to travel by keelboat, riverboat, or overland in springless army wagons.
We were a party of ten in all, occupying four of the springless carts of the country.
Either beam, springless dial or electronic load-cell type.
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