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springen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blow verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
  • bound adj Obliged to do something, often by law, duty, or promise.
  • jump verb To push off the ground with your legs so your whole body leaves the surface briefly.
  • leap verb To jump a long distance, or jump over something suddenly and forcefully.

Senses

springen is used for these senses in English:

  • blow (intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
  • jump (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
  • jump (intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
  • jump (transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.

blow — full definition

  1. verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
  2. verb To explode or shatter suddenly, or to cause something to do so.
  3. verb (informal) To waste or squander, especially money or an opportunity.
  4. noun A hard hit or strike.
  5. noun A sudden shock or setback.

bound — full definition

  1. adj Obliged to do something, often by law, duty, or promise.
  2. adj Heading toward a particular place.
  3. adj Certain or very likely to happen.
  4. noun A limit or boundary, often used in the plural.
  5. verb To leap or spring, moving forward in jumps.

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