SPAWN
\spˈɔːn], \spˈɔːn], \s_p_ˈɔː_n]\
Definitions of SPAWN
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
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To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.
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To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
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To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.
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The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
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Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
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The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
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The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.
By Oddity Software
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The eggs of fishes, oysters, etc.; any offspring or product.
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To lay or produce (eggs or spawn), as fish; bring forth; in contempt.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The eggs of fish or frogs when ejected: offspring.
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To produce, as fishes and frogs do their eggs, to bring forth.
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To deposit eggs, as fishes or frogs: to issue, as offspring.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The eggs of fish or frogs when ejected; any product or offspring, in contempt; offsets; shoots; the white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi are produced.
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To produce or deposit, as fishes or frogs; to bring forth; to generate, in contempt.
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To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs; to issue, as offspring, in contempt.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The eggs of fish or frogs when cast forth; the spores of fungi; any product or offspring, in contempt.
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To produce or deposit eggs, as fish; to bring forth or to issue, as offspring, in contempt.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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