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spawn
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp??n/
- Rhymes: -??n
Etymology 1
Recorded since 1413; from Middle English spawnen, from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Old French espandre, from Latin expandere (“stretch out; spread out”, verb). Doublet of expand. Compare also Middle English spalden, spolden, spawden (“to cut open (a fish)”).
Verb
spawn (third-person singular simple present spawns, present participle spawning, simple past and past participle spawned)
- (transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
- (transitive) To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.
- (transitive) To bring forth in general.
- The Web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.
- (transitive) To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
- (transitive) To plant with fungal spawn.
- (intransitive) To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
- (intransitive) To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
- (ergative, video games, of a character or object) (To cause) to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
From Middle English spawne, from the verb (see above).
Noun
spawn (plural spawn or spawns)
- The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.
- Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.
- (by extension, sometimes derogatory) Any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring.
- (horticulture) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
- (video games) The location in a game where characters or objects spontaneously appear.
Derived terms
- hellspawn
Translations
Anagrams
- WPANs, pawns
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proliferate
English
Etymology
From Latin proles (“offspring”) + ferre (“to bear”) + -ate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???l?f.??.e?t/
Verb
proliferate (third-person singular simple present proliferates, present participle proliferating, simple past and past participle proliferated)
- (transitive, intransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.
- The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.
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Further reading
- proliferate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- proliferate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Italian
Verb
proliferate
- inflection of proliferare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
- feminine plural of proliferato
Anagrams
- petrolifera
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