VERB
  • Definition - To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation
  • Example - to sprain one's ankle
VERB
  • Definition - To burst forth.
  • Example - to sprain one's ankle
  • Definition - (of beards) To grow.
  • Example - to sprain one's ankle
  • Definition - To cause to burst forth.
  • Example - to sprain one's ankle
  • Definition - To make wet, to moisten.
  • Example - to sprain one's ankle
  • Definition - (usually with "to" or "up") To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.
  • Example - The documentary made tears spring to their eyes.
  • Definition - (now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
  • Example - The documentary made tears spring to their eyes.
  • Definition - To go off.
  • Example - The documentary made tears spring to their eyes.
  • Definition - To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.
  • Example - The documentary made tears spring to their eyes.
  • Definition - (usually perfective) To crack.
  • Example - The documentary made tears spring to their eyes.
  • Definition - To have something crack.
  • Example - The documentary made tears spring to their eyes.
  • Definition - To cause to crack.
  • Example - The documentary made tears spring to their eyes.
  • Definition - To surprise by sudden or deft action.
  • Example - The documentary made tears spring to their eyes.
  • Definition - (of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
  • Example - They sprung an arch over the lintel.
  • Definition - (of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
  • Example - The arches spring from the front posts.
  • Definition - To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
  • Example - The arches spring from the front posts.
  • Definition - To raise a vessel's sheer.
  • Example - The arches spring from the front posts.
  • Definition - (cobblery) To raise a last's toe.
  • Example - The arches spring from the front posts.
  • Definition - To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.
  • Example - The arches spring from the front posts.
  • Definition - To raise an offered price.
  • Example - The arches spring from the front posts.
  • Definition - To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.
  • Example - The arches spring from the front posts.
  • Definition - To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
  • Example - The arches spring from the front posts.
  • Definition - To provide spring or elasticity
  • Example - The arches spring from the front posts.
  • Definition - To inspire, to motivate.
  • Example - The arches spring from the front posts.
  • Definition - To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
  • Example - A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
  • Definition - (now rare) To reach maturity, to be fully grown.
  • Example - A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
  • Definition - (chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
  • Example - A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
  • Definition - (of rattles) To sound, to play.
  • Example - A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
  • Definition - To spend the springtime somewhere
  • Example - A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
NOUN
  • Definition - The action of the verb to spring.
  • Example - A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
  • Definition - A set of springs in a vehicle, etc.
  • Example - A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
  • Definition - The spring of an arch: the lowest part of an arch on both sides.
  • Example - A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
ADJECTIVE
  • Definition - That springs or spring.
  • Example - A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
  • Definition - (characterizing the power of attorney) That takes effect only after the incapacity of the grantor or some other definite future act or circumstance.
  • Example - A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
VERB
  • Definition - To hold tightly, to clasp.
  • Example - A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
  • Definition - To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
  • Example - Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues.
  • Definition - To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.
  • Example - The gale strained the timbers of the ship.
  • Definition - To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
  • Example - The gale strained the timbers of the ship.
  • Definition - To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
  • Example - Sitting in back, I strained to hear the speaker.
  • Definition - To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning.
  • Example - to strain the law in order to convict an accused person
  • Definition - To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander
  • Example - to strain the law in order to convict an accused person
  • Definition - To percolate; to be filtered.
  • Example - water straining through a sandy soil
  • Definition - To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
  • Example - water straining through a sandy soil
  • Definition - To urge with importunity; to press.
  • Example - to strain a petition or invitation
  • Definition - Hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.
  • Example - to strain a petition or invitation
VERB
  • Definition - To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.
  • Example - A man straineth, liveth, then dieth.
Words in your word
9 Letter Words
springing 13
7 Letter Words
griping 11 piggins 11 pinging 11 prising 10 sniping 10 spiring 10 girning 9 ringing 9 signing 9 singing 9 rinsing 8
6 Letter Words
piggin 10 pining 9 riping 9 siping 9 spring 9 rising 7 siring 7
5 Letter Words
grips 8 piing 8 pings 8 prigs 8 sprig 8 grigs 7 pirns 7 girns 6 grins 6 iring 6 rings 6
4 Letter Words
gips 7 grip 7 pigs 7 ping 7 prig 7 gigs 6 grig 6 iggs 6 nips 6 pins 6 pirn 6 rips 6 snip 6 spin 6 gins 5 girn 5 grin 5 rigs 5 ring 5 sign 5 sing 5 inns 4 iris 4 nisi 4 rins 4
3 Letter Words
gip 6 pig 6 gig 5 igg 5 nip 5 pin 5 pis 5 psi 5 rip 5 sip 5 gin 4 gis 4 rig 4 sig 4 inn 3 ins 3 rin 3 sin 3 sir 3 sri 3
2 Letter Words
pi 4 gi 3 in 2 is 2 si 2
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