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spawn
UK /spɔːn/ US /spɔn/
verb 5noun 5name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
begone, large, original
VERB + SPAWN
capturing, don't, encourages, kids, migrates, need, swim, wretched
SPAWN + NOUN
life, turtle
ADV.
slowly, unholy
Definitions
verb
1
To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
A frog spawns thousands of tadpoles every year.
2
To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.
3
To bring forth in general.
The web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.
4
To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
5
To plant with fungal spawn.
noun
1
The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.
2
Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.
3
Any germ or seed, even a figurative source.
This dreadful idea is the spawn of a large business conglomerate.
4
Any germ or seed, even a figurative source.
Even the blithely unselfconscious Homer is more than a little freaked out by West’s private reverie, and encourages his spawn to move slowly away without making eye contact with the crazy man.
5
The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
name
1
A surname.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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A frog spawns thousands of tadpoles every year.
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The web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.
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Alewives are anadromous fish: Born in freshwater, they spend their lives in the ocean, returning annually to their birthplaces to spawn.
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This dreadful idea is the spawn of a large business conglomerate.
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Even the blithely unselfconscious Homer is more than a little freaked out by West’s private reverie, and encourages his spawn to move slowly away without making eye contact with the crazy man.
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What might a planet need to spawn life?
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