- 1[intransitive, transitive] spawn (something) (of fish, frogs, etc.) to lay eggs
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- 2[transitive] spawn something (often disapproving) to cause something to develop or be produced The band's album spawned a string of hit singles.
spawn
verbNAmE//spɔn//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they spawn he / she / it spawns
past simple spawned
-ing form spawning
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