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spread|eagled /spre diːg ^ə ld/ also spread-eagled ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] Someone who is spreadeagled is lying with their arms and legs spread out. □  They lay spreadeagled on the floor.

sprea d ou t ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If people or things are spread out , they are a long way apart. □  The Kurds are spread out across five nations.

spread|sheet /spre dʃiːt/ (spreadsheets ) N‑COUNT A spreadsheet is a computer program that is used for displaying and dealing with numbers. Spreadsheets are used mainly for financial planning. [COMPUTING ]

spree /spriː / (sprees ) N‑COUNT [usu n N ] If you spend a period of time doing something in an excessive way, you can say that you are going on a particular kind of spree . □  Some Americans went on a spending spree in December to beat the new tax.

sprig /spr I g/ (sprigs ) N‑COUNT A sprig is a small stem with leaves on it which has been picked from a bush or plant, especially so that it can be used in cooking or as a decoration.

sprigged /spr I gd/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Sprigged material or paper has a pattern of small leaves or flowers on it. □  …a sprigged cotton dress.

spright|ly /spra I tli/ (sprightlier , sprightliest ) ADJ [usu ADJ n] A sprightly person, especially an old person, is lively and active. □  …the sprightly 85-year-old President.

spring ◆◆◇ /spr I ŋ/ (springs , springing , sprang , sprung )

1 N‑VAR Spring is the season between winter and summer when the weather becomes warmer and plants start to grow again. □  We planted bulbs to flower in spring. □  The Labor government of Western Australia has an election due next spring. □  We met again in the spring of 1977. □  The apricot plant provides delicate, white spring flowers.

2 N‑COUNT A spring is a spiral of wire which returns to its original shape after it is pressed or pulled. □  Both springs in the fuel pump were broken.

3 N‑COUNT [usu pl] A spring is a place where water comes up through the ground. It is also the water that comes from that place. □  To the north are the hot springs of Banyas de Sant Loan.

4 VERB When a person or animal springs , they jump upwards or forwards suddenly or quickly. □ [V prep] He sprang to his feet, grabbing his keys off the coffee table. □ [V prep] Throwing back the sheet, he sprang from the bed. □ [V ] The lion roared once and sprang.

5 VERB If something springs in a particular direction, it moves suddenly and quickly. □ [V adj] Sadly when the lid of the boot sprang open, it was empty.

6 VERB If one thing springs from another thing, it is the result of it. □ [V + from ] Ethiopia's art springs from her early Christian as well as her Muslim heritage.

7 VERB If a boat or container springs a leak , water or some other liquid starts coming in or out through a crack. □ [V n] The yacht has sprung a leak in the hull.

8 VERB If you spring some news or a surprise on someone, you tell them something that they did not expect to hear, without warning them. □ [V n + on ] Mclaren sprang a new idea on him.

9to spring to mind → see mind ➊

▸  spring up PHRASAL VERB If something springs up , it suddenly appears or begins to exist. □ [V P ] New theatres and arts centres sprang up all over the country.

spring|board /spr I ŋbɔː ^r d/ (springboards )

1 N‑COUNT If something is a springboard for something else, it makes it possible for that thing to happen or start. □ [+ for/to ] The 1981 budget was the springboard for an economic miracle.

2 N‑COUNT A springboard is a flexible board from which you jump into a swimming pool or onto a piece of gymnastic equipment.