spawn

Speech parts

1. spawn - Noun

2. spawn - Verb

3. Spawn - Proper noun

Meaning

To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.

To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.

To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.

To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.

The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.

Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.

The buds or branches produced from underground stems.

The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

breed engender produce cause create generate seed trigger reproduce originate multiply beget bring forth bring about give rise to
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Antonyms

guardian boo close damage break destroy
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Hypernyms

make cause lay egg do

Hyponyms

roe spat

Phrases with the word

dragon spawn spawn offspring spawn camper

Derivatives

spawned spawning

Anagrams

pawns

Examples

The salmon swims upstream to spawn Source: Internet

A bald, bearded head with fists raised, a phalanx of food on sticks — Northwest artist Ryan W. Kelly says his papier-mâché-style creations are the spawn of “half-cocked dream logic.” Source: Internet

After recovering, Spawn learns that the Greenworld had imbued him with a gift — which he uses to contain Urizen by splitting the ground and imprisoning him inside the earth. Source: Internet

All salmonids spawn in fresh water, but in many cases, the fish spend most of their lives at sea, returning to the rivers only to reproduce. Source: Internet

A portion of a returning salmon run may stray and spawn in different freshwater systems. Source: Internet

Annually, salmon spawn in Haida, feeding on everything on the way upstream and down. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

spaw spawl spawling spawn camper spawn eater spawn kill