spawn Synonyms & Antonyms
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Spawn as a Verb
To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
A frog spawns thousands of tadpoles every year.
To generate, bring into being, especially nonmammalian beings in very large numbers.
To bring forth in general.
The web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.
To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
To plant with fungal spawn.
To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, spontaneously in a game world at a particular place and time.
We put down torches to stop creepers from spawning.
To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, unexpectedly and seemingly out of nowhere.
Where did he come from? Bro just spawned in.
Of a person or non-egglaying animal: to be born.
That kid just spawned and looks like he's already done with life.
(of a character or object) (To cause) to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time.
Spawn as a Noun
The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.
Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.
Any germ or seed, even a figurative source.
This dreadful idea is the spawn of a large business conglomerate.
Children; offspring.
The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
Synonym of spawn point.
(by extension, sometimes derogatory) Any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring.
The location in a game where characters or objects spontaneously appear.
Spawn in a Sentence
A frog spawns thousands of tadpoles every year.
The web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.
We put down torches to stop creepers from spawning.
Where did he come from? Bro just spawned in.
That kid just spawned and looks like he's already done with life.
This dreadful idea is the spawn of a large business conglomerate.
The Web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.
Word Forms & Grammar
spawn (third-person singular simple present spawns, present participle spawning, simple past and past participle spawned)
spawn (countable and uncountable, plural spawn or spawns)
Words That Rhyme With Spawn
Origin of Spawn
Origin 1: Recorded since 1413; from Middle English spawnen, from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Old French espandre, from Latin expandere (“stretch out; spread out”, verb). Doublet of expand. Compare also Middle English spalden, spolden, spawden (“to cut open (a fish)”).
Origin 2: From Middle English spawne, from the verb (see above).
Spawn: Key Facts
| Part of speech | verb, noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /spɔːn/ |
| Meaning | To produce or deposit (eggs) in water |
| Verb forms | spawns, spawning, spawned |