spawning

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of producing offspring or new growth.

  - "Fish spawn in freshwater rivers during the spring."
  - "The turtle laid her eggs and began to spawn."
  - "The salmon spawn upstream in the river."

• Noun

  The place where organisms lay their eggs or give birth.

  - "The sea turtle chose a sandy beach as her spawning ground."
  - "The walrus returns to its spawning grounds each year."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with spawning
awning , dawning , prawning

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Variants

List of all variants of spawning that leads to same result
spawn , spawned , spawner , spawners , spawning , spawns , spawning ground

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Etymology

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Old English spawan, spawnan, from spowan ‘to bring forth, produce, beget’.

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Trivia

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1. The largest known spawning run of salmon occurred in the Fraser River, British Columbia, in 1854, with an estimated 100 million fish.

2. The term 'spawn' is also used in computing to describe the initial data that is used to create a new database or file.

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Related Concepts

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1. Reproduction: The biological process of producing new individuals, typically involving sexual or asexual means.

2. Breeding: The act of producing offspring, especially through selective breeding.

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Culture

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In literature, spawning is often used metaphorically to describe the creation or production of something new, such as ideas or art. In biology, the process of spawning is an essential part of the life cycle of many fish and other aquatic organisms.

How to Memorize "spawning"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a fish swimming upstream to lay its eggs.
   - Visualize a turtle digging a hole in the sand to lay her eggs.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the act of giving birth or producing offspring.
   - Remember that spawning is an essential part of the life cycle of many aquatic organisms.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic phrase such as 'Spawning Salmon Swim Upstream' to help remember the definition.

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