spawn
noun
the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
spawned
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past participleof spawn.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof spawn.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
spawnnounthe mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
Example Sentences
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Hail is most common in summer months as it needs to develop inside towering cumulonimbus clouds, which are often spawned by intense heat at ground level.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
She rose to global stardom with her 1972 album "No Secrets," which spawned the number one smash "You're So Vain."
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The show grew so popular that it spawned a whole genre of smooth and sexy music, exemplified by artists like Anita Baker and Luther Vandross.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
The crisis, which has spawned lawsuits and public outbursts, arose over the city’s long-running agreement to get fire services from Kings County.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Within a few millennia that single ancestral Polynesian society had spawned on those diverse islands a range of diverse daughter societies, from hunter-gatherer tribes to proto-empires.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
