English Vocabulary – Spring

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Remember we wrote a post about autumn vocabulary? Well, here is a post dedicated to the beauty of spring!

Spring Vocabulary

Awakening – an act or moment of becoming suddenly aware of something.

Barefoot – without shoes : with the feet bare.

Blooming – used to make an angry or critical statement more forceful.

Blossoming – the action of a tree or bush producing flowers or masses of flowers.

Budding – having or developing buds. A bud is a flower especially of a fruit tree.

Changing – to become different.

Cheery – having or causing happy feelings

Chirping – to make a short high-pitched sound, like birds.

Cloudless – without clouds.

Crisp – dry, hard, and easily broken.

Fertile – producing many plants or crops : able to support the growth of many plants.

Floral – of or relating to flowers.

Flourishing – to grow well : to be healthy.

Fragrant – having a pleasant and usually sweet smell.

Growing – to become larger : to increase in size, amount, etc..

Hatching – an opening in the deck of a ship or in the floor, wall, or roof of a building.

Lush – having a lot of full and healthy growth.

Melting – to change or to cause (something) to change from a solid to a liquid usually because of heat, like snow in spring.

Pastel – a pale or light color.

Rainy – having a lot of rain.

Refreshing – something that feels pleasantly new, different, or interesting.

Rejeuventating – to make (someone) feel or look young, healthy, or energetic again.

Renewing – to make (something) new, fresh, or strong again.

Romping – an enjoyable time of rough and noisy play.

Scampering – to run or move quickly and often playfully.

Seasonal – happening or needed during a particular time of the year.

Springtime – the season of spring.

Sprouting – to produce new leaves, buds, etc.

Teeming – to be full of (life and activity) : to have many (people or animals) moving around inside.

Thriving – to grow or develop successfully : to flourish or succeed.

Verdant – green with growing plants.

Spring expressions

Spring fever – a term applied to several sets of physical and psychological symptoms associated with the arrival of spring.

Example:

“All the children in my class have gone crazy! I think it’s spring fever. All they want to do is run and play and shout”

Spring chicken – a chicken in spring is a little baby chick, so a spring chicken is an expression that means “young”.

Example:

“Jules acts young, but she is no spring chicken! I think this year she will be 68″

Spring to life – to become active suddenly.

Example: 

“I thought the computer was broked, but suddenly it sprang to life and turned on again”

 

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