springing (verb)

  • 31start — /stat / (say staht) verb (i) 1. to begin to move, go, or act; set out, as on a journey. 2. to begin any course of action or procedure, as one s career, life, etc. 3. (of a process or performance) to begin. 4. to come suddenly into activity, life …

  • 32volunteer — /vɒlənˈtɪə / (say voluhn tear) noun 1. someone who enters into any service of their own free will, or who offers to perform a service or undertaking for no financial gain. 2. Military, etc. someone who enters one of the armed services voluntarily …

  • 33spring for — ˈspring for [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they spring for he/she/it springs for present participle springing for past tense sprang for …

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  • 34re|coil´er — re|coil «verb. rih KOYL; noun. rih KOYL, REE koyl», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to draw back; shrink back: »Most people would recoil at seeing a snake in the path. The…British had recoiled five and twenty miles (H. G. Wells). SYNONYM(S): flinch. 2. to… …

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  • 35re|coil — «verb. rih KOYL; noun. rih KOYL, REE koyl», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to draw back; shrink back: »Most people would recoil at seeing a snake in the path. The…British had recoiled five and twenty miles (H. G. Wells). SYNONYM(S): flinch. 2. to spring… …

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  • 36Acanthophis tortor — Death Death (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS. de[ a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of… …

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  • 37Acanthopis antarctica — Death Death (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS. de[ a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of… …

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  • 38Black death — Death Death (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS. de[ a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of… …

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  • 39Civil death — Death Death (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS. de[ a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of… …

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  • 40Death — (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS. de[ a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of all vital… …

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