spring

/spɹɪŋ/noun

The season of the year between winter and summer, when the weather gets warmer and plants start to grow.

Example sentences

“The cherry trees bloom every spring.”
“We plan to plant the garden in early spring.”
“Spring came late this year, and it snowed in April.”

Seasons are written in lowercase in English: 'in spring' or 'in the spring'. The same word also names a place where water comes up from the ground.

Related words

geyserA natural hot spring that regularly shoots columns of steam and boiling water into the air.brookA small, natural stream of flowing water, smaller than a river.reefA ridge of rock, coral, or sand lying just below or at the surface of the sea.creekA small flowing body of fresh water, usually smaller than a river, though in Australia the word can describe much larger watercourses.coralA small sea animal of the class Anthozoa that lives in colonies and usually builds a hard chalky skeleton; also the colony such animals form.lagoonA stretch of shallow water cut off from the open sea by a strip of sand, rock, or reef.