spawn

[US]/spɔːn/
[UK]/spɔn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. mycelium; egg; offspring

vt. to lay eggs; to create, to cause

vi. to lay eggs; to produce a large number of offspring

Phrases & Collocations

spawn point

spawn rate

Example Sentences

the spawning season.

You young devil's spawn!

tyranny that spawned revolt.

a family that had spawned a monster.

The frogs haven’t spawned yet.

the fish spawn among fine-leaved plants.

the fish covers its spawn with gravel.

the spawn of chaos: demons and sorcerers.

The moon also triggers the spawning of dog and cubera snappers.

Your drake tank needs to know when and where the three drakes spawn so he is always at the new spawn point before the drake is targetable.

The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies.

the spawning instinct in salmon; altruistic instincts in social animals.

the decade spawned a bewildering variety of books on the forces.

why had she married a man who could spawn a boy like that?.

The Feeler Antlion needs to be kept alive and tanked, and it will spawn an Executioner Antlion periodically.

shotten Recently spawned and thus less desirable as food, e.g. especially said of herring.

Artificial credit expansion — credit not funded by savings — creates the business cycle by spawning capital malinvestment.

residual fecundity The number of vitellogenic or advanced yolked oocytes in ovaries showing postovulatory follicles. This indicates that these emales had already spawned some eggs.

Real-world Examples

There's plenty of upside to being the spawn of the fabulously wealthy.

Source: Gossip Girl Selected

Unlike other frogs, the horned marsupial frog does not spawn tadpoles in standing water.

Source: VOA Daily Standard February 2019 Collection

Meantime, the internet is spawning new forms of accountability.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

Britain's imperial past and commercial reach mean that it has spawned lots of globally successful consumer brands.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

" What gave you the inspiration for 'Spawn'? "

Source: Connection Magazine

Every investment boom reflects the society that spawned it.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

We think Europa has everything it needs to spawn life.

Source: Crash Course Astronomy

Hiring for soft skills will spawn new risks.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The entertainment industry was spawned by new technology.

Source: Connection Magazine

Standing water has drowned crops and spawned pathogens.

Source: PBS Interview Environmental Series

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