Spawn

Quick meaning: Spawn is a verb meaning (transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

Meaning

(transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To generate, bring into being, especially nonmammalian beings in very large numbers.
2. (transitive) To bring forth in general.
3. (transitive) To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
4. (transitive) To plant with fungal spawn.
5. (intransitive) To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
6. (intransitive) To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
7. (ergative, video games) To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, spontaneously in a game world at a particular place and time.

Example Sentences

Where did he come from? Bro just spawned in.

Mavs fans really be spawning out of nowhere.

So many virgos have spawned in my life lately

A frog spawns thousands of tadpoles every year.

Word Forms

• spawns
• spawning
• spawned

Synonyms for spawn

Depending on context, synonyms include engender, breed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include breed, engender, brood, kipper, frog, herring.

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