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Word: spawn (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • (by extension) Any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
  • Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation
  • The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism

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Verb:

  • intransitive To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
  • intransitive To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
  • transitive To bring forth in general.
  • transitive To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.
  • transitive To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn
  • transitive To plant with fungal spawn
  • transitive To produce and/or deposit (eggs) in water.

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