noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The process by which something spawns.

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of spawn form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

fecundproductiveprolificreproduction

Example

More examples

"It catches fish in ice-holes or during spawning time and readily picks up dead fish."

Related phrases

spawning bedspawning ground

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