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.
ADJECTIVE
  • Definition - Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest.
  • Example - A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
  • Definition - Caught doing something illegal or against the rules.
  • Example - A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
  • Definition - (of a spar) cracked or strained.
  • Example - A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
  • Definition - Drunk.
  • 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
6 Letter Words
sprung 9
5 Letter Words
pungs 8 sprug 8 spurn 7 rungs 6
4 Letter Words
pugs 7 pung 7 puns 6 purs 6 spun 6 spur 6 urps 6 gnus 5 guns 5 nugs 5 rugs 5 rung 5 snug 5 sung 5 runs 4 urns 4
3 Letter Words
pug 6 pun 5 pur 5 pus 5 sup 5 ups 5 urp 5 gnu 4 gun 4 nug 4 rug 4 nus 3 run 3 sun 3 uns 3 urn 3
2 Letter Words
up 4 nu 2 un 2 us 2
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