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Spawn
01
the eggs that an aquatic animal or an amphibian lays and are covered with a transparent layer
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Uncountable
to spawn
01
(of a fish, frog, etc.) to lay or release eggs
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
spawn
3rd person singular
spawns
Present participle
spawning
Past simple
spawned
Past participle
spawned
Examples
The salmon swim upstream to spawn in the same river where they were born.
02
to cause something to be created, particularly in large numbers
Transitive: to spawn sth
Examples
The new policy is expected to spawn numerous job opportunities in the tech sector.
