SPRIGS Synonyms

• any of the larger branches of a tree

• a division of some larger or more complex organization

• a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

• a part of a forked or branching shape

• a natural consequence of development

• a stream or river connected to a larger one

• any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

• grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• a new branch

• the act of shooting at targets

• hit with a missile from a weapon

• kill by firing a missile

• fire a shot; release

• make a film or photograph of something

• send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

• run or move very quickly or hastily

• move quickly and violently

• throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

• record on photographic film

• emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully

• cause a sharp and sudden pain in

• force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

• variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

• throw dice, as in a crap game

• spend frivolously and unwisely

• score

• utter fast and forcefully

• measure the altitude of by using a sextant

• produce buds, branches, or germinate

• give an injection to

• any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud

• a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

• produce buds, branches, or germinate

• put forth and grow sprouts or shoots

• a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year