Spawn
verb
To produce a large number of something quickly.
His actions spawned a series of protests around the country.
Often appears as...
- spawn an idea
- spawn revolution
verb
Used by fish, frogs, etc. to lay a large number of eggs.
The fish will spawn in the shallow areas of the river.
Often appears as...
- salmon spawn
- frog spawn
noun
The eggs of fish, frogs, etc.
The river is filled with fish spawn in the spring.
Often appears as...
- fish spawn
- frog spawn
verb
Producing or giving birth to something in a digital or gaming context.
In the game, new monsters will spawn in this area.
Often appears as...
- spawn point
- spawn area
verb
To produce a large number of something quickly.
His actions spawned a series of protests around the country.
Often appears as...
- spawn an idea
- spawn revolution
verb
Used by fish, frogs, etc. to lay a large number of eggs.
The fish will spawn in the shallow areas of the river.
Often appears as...
- salmon spawn
- frog spawn
noun
The eggs of fish, frogs, etc.
The river is filled with fish spawn in the spring.
Often appears as...
- fish spawn
- frog spawn
verb
Producing or giving birth to something in a digital or gaming context.
In the game, new monsters will spawn in this area.
Often appears as...
- spawn point
- spawn area
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Quick Multiplication
Refers to producing many things rapidly, often causing a spread or increase in number.
The viral video spawned countless memes.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Used figuratively to describe ideas or movements starting and spreading quickly.
Her innovative approach spawned a new school of thought.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Can imply negative outcomes or consequences resulting from an action.
The new policy spawned much confusion among citizens.
Pro Tip 1/3Quick Multiplication
Refers to producing many things rapidly, often causing a spread or increase in number.
The viral video spawned countless memes.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Used figuratively to describe ideas or movements starting and spreading quickly.
Her innovative approach spawned a new school of thought.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Can imply negative outcomes or consequences resulting from an action.
The new policy spawned much confusion among citizens.
Pro Tip 1/3Quick Multiplication
Refers to producing many things rapidly, often causing a spread or increase in number.
The viral video spawned countless memes.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Used figuratively to describe ideas or movements starting and spreading quickly.
Her innovative approach spawned a new school of thought.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Can imply negative outcomes or consequences resulting from an action.
The new policy spawned much confusion among citizens.
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Video examples
Will the ocean ever run...
Soon it was popping up in markets all over the world and is now a delicacy. Unfortunately, these deep water fish don't reproduce until they're at least ten years old, making them extremely vulnerable to overfishing when the young are caught before they've had the chance to spawn. Consumer taste and prices can also have harmful effects.
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How many universes are...
are being spawned every moment, and many of these universes would actually be very like the world we're in, would include multiple copies of you. In one such universe, you'd graduate with honors and marry the person of your dreams. In another, not so much. There are still some scientists who would say, hogwash.
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6 ways mushrooms can...
The entire pile was a green berm of life. These are gateway species, vanguard species that open the door for other biological communities. So I invented burlap sacks, bunker spawn -- and putting the mycelium -- using storm blown debris, you can take these burlap sacks and put them downstream
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Questions No One Knows...
How's your brain doing? Quantum theory adds a whole new wrinkle. I mean, the theory's been proven true beyond all doubt, but interpreting it is baffling, and some physicists think you can only un-baffle it if you imagine that huge numbers of parallel universes are being spawned every moment,
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Sturgeon Surgery PIPE...
electronic transmitter so they can track her during spawning to learn if and where she deposits her eggs so this is a sonic tag and this tag has a life of about ten years these are long-lived things to me and we will get a lot of information I can see that she's still
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Why Can't We See...
and given life a chance to get underway billions or certainly many millions of years earlier than happened on Earth. If just a few of them had spawned intelligent life and started creating technologies, those technologies would have had millions of years
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Can wildlife adapt to...
have now shifted almost entirely to the non-melanic color combination. Scientists think that keeps them from overheating. Meanwhile, pink salmon have adapted to warmer waters by spawning earlier in the season to protect their sensitive eggs.
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Why do we harvest...
we only see large groups of adults when they come ashore to spawn. Horseshoe crab blood contains cells called amebocytes that protect them from infection by viruses, fungi, and bacteria. Amebocytes form gels around these invaders
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Taking care of the ocean...
do you choose the hope spots that you most want to invest resources and energy and protecting well some of them places are pretty obvious like the breeding areas the spawning sites the nursery areas but we're working with the
Video examples
Top 5 Slithering Snake...
shot of anti-venom fast red eyed tree frogs that keep a lower profile generally mate successfully they are careful breeders their spawn is not laid in the cut and thrust environment of the forest pond
Video examples
Will the ocean ever run...
Soon it was popping up in markets all over the world and is now a delicacy. Unfortunately, these deep water fish don't reproduce until they're at least ten years old, making them extremely vulnerable to overfishing when the young are caught before they've had the chance to spawn. Consumer taste and prices can also have harmful effects.
Video examples
How many universes are...
are being spawned every moment, and many of these universes would actually be very like the world we're in, would include multiple copies of you. In one such universe, you'd graduate with honors and marry the person of your dreams. In another, not so much. There are still some scientists who would say, hogwash.
Video examples
6 ways mushrooms can...
The entire pile was a green berm of life. These are gateway species, vanguard species that open the door for other biological communities. So I invented burlap sacks, bunker spawn -- and putting the mycelium -- using storm blown debris, you can take these burlap sacks and put them downstream
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
How's your brain doing? Quantum theory adds a whole new wrinkle. I mean, the theory's been proven true beyond all doubt, but interpreting it is baffling, and some physicists think you can only un-baffle it if you imagine that huge numbers of parallel universes are being spawned every moment,
Video examples
Sturgeon Surgery PIPE...
electronic transmitter so they can track her during spawning to learn if and where she deposits her eggs so this is a sonic tag and this tag has a life of about ten years these are long-lived things to me and we will get a lot of information I can see that she's still
Video examples
Why Can't We See...
and given life a chance to get underway billions or certainly many millions of years earlier than happened on Earth. If just a few of them had spawned intelligent life and started creating technologies, those technologies would have had millions of years
Video examples
Can wildlife adapt to...
have now shifted almost entirely to the non-melanic color combination. Scientists think that keeps them from overheating. Meanwhile, pink salmon have adapted to warmer waters by spawning earlier in the season to protect their sensitive eggs.
Video examples
Why do we harvest...
we only see large groups of adults when they come ashore to spawn. Horseshoe crab blood contains cells called amebocytes that protect them from infection by viruses, fungi, and bacteria. Amebocytes form gels around these invaders
Video examples
Taking care of the ocean...
do you choose the hope spots that you most want to invest resources and energy and protecting well some of them places are pretty obvious like the breeding areas the spawning sites the nursery areas but we're working with the
Video examples
Top 5 Slithering Snake...
shot of anti-venom fast red eyed tree frogs that keep a lower profile generally mate successfully they are careful breeders their spawn is not laid in the cut and thrust environment of the forest pond
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Dylan Sprouse
American Actor
I used to be very scared of silence because I felt it was my responsibility to keep people occupied. That definitely spawns from an insecurity in myself. When people aren't enjoying themselves, when I'm involved, it somehow comes back to it being my fault. But I do want people to have a good time.
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Mauro Ranallo
Canadian Entertainer
We all know the difference between sports entertainment and the combat sports that I call, but at the end of the day, they are all spawned from the same source, and there's a lot of mutual respect between the two bodies.
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Spencer Bachus
American Politician
The rapid growth in many of our suburbs has spawned a booming construction industry eager to hire low wage immigrants who gladly fill these jobs, many of them happy to be paid in cash, free of federal and state taxes.
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Saul Williams
American Musician
I am hoping for peaceful transition into a new age. Obama has already played a great role in initiating us into that vision. If he were to be harmed in any way, it would spawn the birth of a million Obamas.
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John Logan
American Producer
If you look at the muscularity of something like 'Wicked' and the way it has just spawned sort of generations of young people wanting to get involved in the theatre - it's brilliant.
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Ryan Bethencourt
American Scientist
IndieBio's capital, facilities and deep mentoring by a network of biotech specific experts have the potential to spawn the Google's, Facebook's and Instagram's of biology.
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Finn Balor
Irish Wrestler
I really believe in the power of positive thinking and the collective power of people's thoughts spawning something into becoming reality.
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Martha Stewart
Entertainer
I think you can fairly say I spawned or laid an egg that has turned into a lifestyle industry.
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Kerry Thornley
American Philosopher
Organized religion preaches Order and Love but spawns Chaos and Fury. Why?
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David Remnick
American Journalist
Capitalism in Russia has spawned far more Al Capones than Henry Fords.
Quote examples
Dylan Sprouse
American Actor
I used to be very scared of silence because I felt it was my responsibility to keep people occupied. That definitely spawns from an insecurity in myself. When people aren't enjoying themselves, when I'm involved, it somehow comes back to it being my fault. But I do want people to have a good time.
Quote examples
Mauro Ranallo
Canadian Entertainer
We all know the difference between sports entertainment and the combat sports that I call, but at the end of the day, they are all spawned from the same source, and there's a lot of mutual respect between the two bodies.
Quote examples
Spencer Bachus
American Politician
The rapid growth in many of our suburbs has spawned a booming construction industry eager to hire low wage immigrants who gladly fill these jobs, many of them happy to be paid in cash, free of federal and state taxes.
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Saul Williams
American Musician
I am hoping for peaceful transition into a new age. Obama has already played a great role in initiating us into that vision. If he were to be harmed in any way, it would spawn the birth of a million Obamas.
Quote examples
John Logan
American Producer
If you look at the muscularity of something like 'Wicked' and the way it has just spawned sort of generations of young people wanting to get involved in the theatre - it's brilliant.
Quote examples
Ryan Bethencourt
American Scientist
IndieBio's capital, facilities and deep mentoring by a network of biotech specific experts have the potential to spawn the Google's, Facebook's and Instagram's of biology.
Quote examples
Finn Balor
Irish Wrestler
I really believe in the power of positive thinking and the collective power of people's thoughts spawning something into becoming reality.
Quote examples
Martha Stewart
Entertainer
I think you can fairly say I spawned or laid an egg that has turned into a lifestyle industry.
Quote examples
Kerry Thornley
American Philosopher
Organized religion preaches Order and Love but spawns Chaos and Fury. Why?
Quote examples
David Remnick
American Journalist
Capitalism in Russia has spawned far more Al Capones than Henry Fords.
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