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- [spawn]
- /spɔn/
- /spɔːn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [spawn]
- /spɔn/
Definitions of spawn word
- noun plural spawn Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc. 1
- noun plural spawn Mycology. the mycelium of mushrooms, especially of the species grown for the market. 1
- noun plural spawn Usually Disparaging. a swarming brood; numerous progeny: Diners at the restaurant were annoyed by the two inconsiderate parents and their unruly spawn. 1
- noun plural spawn any person or thing regarded as the offspring of some stock, idea, etc. 1
- adjective spawn of or relating to the spawning of a character or item in a video game: a spawn point; the spawn rate. 1
- verb without object spawn to deposit eggs or sperm directly into the water, as fishes. 1
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Origin of spawn
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English spawnen (v.), probably < Anglo-French espaundre (Old French espandre) to expand
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Spawn
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spawn popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
spawn usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spawn
verb spawn
- authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.
- bring forth — to give birth to
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- dash off — If you dash off to a place, you go there very quickly.
noun spawn
- cackleberry — a hen's egg used for food.
- egg — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- caviar — Caviar is the salted eggs of a fish called a sturgeon.
- child — A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
- eggs — Plural form of egg.
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