upspring
/ʌpˈspɹɪŋ/
upspring verb: to spring up, rise up, originate, come into being.
Verb
upspring (third-person singular simple present upsprings, present participle upspringing, simple past upsprang or upsprung, past participle upsprung)
- To spring up, rise up, originate, come into being.
- In diamond light upspring the dazzling peaks Of Pyramids1829, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Timbuctoo
- Might not its waters upspring in this new land, whose discovery was the great marvel of the age, and which men looked upon as the unknown east of Asia?1879, Charles Morris, Historical Tales
Noun
IPA/ˈʌpspɹɪŋ/
upspring (plural upsprings)
- A spring or leap into the air.
- origin
Synonyms of upspring
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Forms of upspring
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | upsprings |
| present participle | upspringing |
| past | upsprang |
| past | upsprung |
| past participle | upsprung |
| Noun | |
| plural | upsprings |
Origin of upspring
From Middle English upspringen, from Old English uppspringan, ūpspringan, equivalent to up- + spring.
From Middle English upspring, upspringe, from Old English upspring (“origin, birth, rising up, springing up”), equivalent to up- + spring. Cognate with Old Saxon upspring (“well; source; spring”), Middle Low German upspringen (“to spring up; grow”).
Words formed from upspring
- upspringing
- upsprung
- upspring reel
Words that rhyme with upspring
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- sling
- bring
- jing
- ding
- cling
- unstring
- ming
- bing
- ching
- fingerling
- something
- zing
- Byng
- Beijing
- bling
- cha-ching
- ling
- Peking
- peng ting
- Singh
- thring
- Tring
- upswing
- abstinence ring
- aswing
- awing
- badelynge
- bering
- Chongqing
- conserving
- ging
- hang gliding
- hing
- ing
- Jingning
- Jining
- ka-ching
- kerching
- Kunming
- mis-sing
- morphling
- pling
- png
- qing
- Southern Ming
- submitting
- tang ping
- ting
Questions about upspring
- What does upspring mean?
- Upspring means to spring up, rise up, originate, come into being.
- What part of speech is upspring?
- Upspring can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce upspring?
- Upspring is pronounced /ʌpˈspɹɪŋ/.
- What is the past tense of upspring?
- The past tense of upspring is upsprang.
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