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Word: Spawn
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French espaundre ‘to shed roe’, variant of Old French espandre ‘pour out’, from Latin expandere ‘expand’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
spɔːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(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
Definition:
(of a person) produce (offspring)
Short Definition:produce
Examples:- why had she married a man who could spawn a boy like that?
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