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spawning

spawn
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [spawn]
    • /spɔn/
    • /spɔːn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [spawn]
    • /spɔn/

Definitions of spawning word

  • noun plural spawning Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc. 1
  • noun plural spawning Mycology. the mycelium of mushrooms, especially of the species grown for the market. 1
  • noun plural spawning 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 spawning any person or thing regarded as the offspring of some stock, idea, etc. 1
  • adjective spawning 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 spawning to deposit eggs or sperm directly into the water, as fishes. 1
See all 13 definitions of spawning

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Origin of spawning

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

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Parts of speech for Spawning

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Spawning

spawning 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.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for spawning

adj spawning

  • childing — bearing a child; pregnant
  • fecund — producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful: fecund parents; fecund farmland.
  • fertile — bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific: fertile soil.
  • fructiferous — fruit-bearing; producing fruit.
  • fruitful — producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations.

noun spawning

  • generation — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • flimsy — without material strength or solidity: a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure.

adjective spawning

  • feracious — Producing in abundance; fertile, fruitful.
All 11 Synonyms of spawning

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    a young male Aborigine, usually 14 to 16 years old, who has recently undergone his tribal initiation rite.

  • atlantic salmon

    a valuable food and game fish, Salmo salar, mainly of northern coastal Atlantic waters or, when spawning, in freshwater streams tributary to the ocean.

  • humpback salmon

    a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.

  • pink salmon

    a small Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, distinguished by its small scales and long anal fin and by the bright red spawning coloration of males, occurring from California to Alaska and in waters of Japan: fished commercially and for sport.

  • rainbow darter

    a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.

  • redd

    to put in order; tidy: to redd a room for company.
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