Spawn (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Call forth.

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Synonyms

• Engender
• Breed

Hypernyms

• Do
• Cause

Meaning ²

Lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn".

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Examples

• Salmon travel long distances to spawn in the streams where they were born.
• The female fish lays eggs and then the male comes to fertilize them to spawn a new generation.
• The Pacific oyster spawns in the warmer months when the water temperature rises.
• After reaching maturity in the ocean, eels migrate back to fresh water to spawn.
• In their natural habitat, the sea turtles burrow into the sand to lay their eggs and spawn on the beach.

Related Words

• Spawner (noun)