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(intransitive) To move or burst forth.
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(transitive) To cause to spring (all senses).
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(transitive) To leap over.
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(obsolete, of horses) To breed with, to impregnate.
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(transitive, obsolete) To wet, to moisten.
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(intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
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(obsolete, military) To go off.
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(ambitransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
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(transitive, figurative) To surprise by sudden or deft action.
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To come upon and flush out.
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(Australia, slang) To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
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(obsolete) To begin.
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(obsolete, slang) To put bad money into circulation.
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To tell, to share.
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(transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
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(intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
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(transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
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(intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
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(transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
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(transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to yield.
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(obsolete, intransitive, slang) To raise an offered price.
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(transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.
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(transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.
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(intransitive, obsolete) To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.
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(transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
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(figurative, rare, obsolete) to inspire, to motivate.
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(ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
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(intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
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(transitive, of rattles, archaic) To sound, to play.
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(of animals) To find or get enough food during springtime.