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spawn
[ spawn ]
noun
- Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
- Mycology. the mycelium of mushrooms, especially of the species grown for the market.
- Usually Disparaging. a swarming brood; numerous progeny:
Diners at the restaurant were annoyed by the two inconsiderate parents and their unruly spawn.
- any person or thing regarded as the offspring of some stock, idea, etc.
adjective
- of or relating to the spawning of a character or item in a video game: the spawn rate.
a spawn point;
the spawn rate.
verb (used without object)
- to deposit eggs or sperm directly into the water, as fishes.
- (of a character or item in a video game) to originate at a fixed point in an existing game environment:
An enemy character just spawned right on top of me!
verb (used with object)
- to produce (spawn).
- to give birth to; give rise to:
His sudden disappearance spawned many rumors.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to produce in large number.
- to plant with mycelium.
spawn
/ ²õ±èÉ”Ë²Ô /
noun
- the mass of eggs deposited by fish, amphibians, or molluscs
- derogatory.offspring, product, or yield
- botany the nontechnical name for mycelium
verb
- (of fish, amphibians, etc) to produce or deposit (eggs)
- derogatory.(of people) to produce (offspring)
- tr to produce or engender
spawn
/ ²õ±èô²Ô /
Noun
- The eggs of water animals such as fish, amphibians, and mollusks.
- Offspring produced in large numbers.
Verb
- To lay eggs; produce spawn.
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ±è²¹·É²Ô±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ±è²¹·É²Ôİù noun
- ³Ü²Ô·²õ±è²¹·É²Ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of spawn1
Example Sentences
And now, as the new space race heats up, spawning tens of thousands of satellites in orbit around the Earth, it only stands to make the visible night sky less so.
Before long, the innovation this spawned extended beyond the field of medicine.
Where Hawken lives in California, his community recently restored a salmon stream, breaking down a concrete barrier under a bridge that had blocked the fish on their final journey up the stream to spawn.
Their debut album, Raintown, referring to Glasgow, spawned what is probably their most popular hit, Dignity, which is still regularly played at parties and has even been adopted by Dundee United fans.
Intensive dairy ranching began here more than 150 years ago, spawned by the Gold Rush population explosion in San Francisco.
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