A spring of water rising to the surface of the earth and forming a small pool or flowing in a stream; (also) a pool (or, rarely, a stream) fed by a…

A gushing forth, or upwelling of water; a spring, fountain, water-source; the water of such.

A flow of water emerging naturally out of the ground; (also) a similar flow obtained by boring or other artificial means.

A flow of water which emerges from an underground source; a spring; a spring head. Also: a place where this water emerges; a well fed by a…

= spring, n.1 1c. Also figurative.

With a and plural. A spring; a fountain.

A spring or source of water issuing from the earth and collecting in a basin, natural or artificial; also, the head-spring or source of a stream or…

a running spring.

†(a) In biblical contexts: a fountain, (the source of) a spring; also the eye of Jacob (in Deuteronomy 33:28; see quot. 1535 and note in etymology)…

A fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head-spring or source of a stream.

A spring, source, fountain, n.

A small spring of water. Also figurative.

(a) A well, fountain, spring. (b) A deep, still, smooth part of a river.

The source of a stream, river, etc.; a spring or fountain. Also, the course of a stream.

(a) the end or part of a spout from which liquid issues, esp. when detachable; spec. the rose of a watering can or a sprinkler attachment for a…

A spring of water naturally issuing in a constant stream from an opening in the ground.

A small spring; U.S., a place where petroleum oozes out slowly (Webster, 1911).