spawn
/spɔn/ verb C2- 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.
He/she/it spawns · Past spawned · Past participle spawned · -ing form spawning
Verb forms
- Base form
- spawn
- He/she/it
- spawns
- Past
- spawned
- Past participle
- spawned
- -ing form
- spawning
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