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Word: Spawn
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French espaundre ‘to shed roe’, variant of Old French espandre ‘pour out’, from Latin expandere ‘expand’
spɔːn
(of a fish, frog, mollusc, crustacean, etc.) release or deposit eggs
Short Definition:(of fish, frog, mollusc, crustacean, etc.) release or deposit eggs
Examples:- the fish spawn among fine-leaved plants
(of a person) produce (offspring)
Short Definition:produce
Examples:- why had she married a man who could spawn a boy like that?
Word: Spawn
Speech Type: Noun
spɔːn
the eggs of fish, frogs, etc.
Short Definition:eggs of fish, frogs, etc.
Examples:- the fish covers its spawn with gravel
the product or offspring of a person or place
Short Definition:product or offspring of person or place
Examples:- the spawn of Satan
the mycelium of a fungus, especially a cultivated mushroom
Short Definition:mycelium of fungus
Examples:- a supplier of spawn for shiitake mushrooms
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