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"word": "crotch spawn"
},
{
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"word": "despawn"
},
{
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"word": "respawn"
},
{
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"word": "spawnable"
},
{
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"word": "spawner"
},
{
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"word": "spawn point"
},
{
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"word": "spawny"
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{
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"word": "unspawned"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "spawnen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English spawnen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "xno",
"3": "espaundre"
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman espaundre",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "espandre"
},
"expansion": "Old French espandre",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "expandere",
"pos": "verb",
"t": "stretch out; spread out"
},
"expansion": "Latin expandere (“stretch out; spread out”, verb)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "expand"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of expand",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "spalden"
},
"expansion": "Middle English spalden",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "spolden"
},
"expansion": "spolden",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "spawden",
"t": "to cut open (a fish)"
},
"expansion": "spawden (“to cut open (a fish)”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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)”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "spawns",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "spawning",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "spawned",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "spawned",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "spawn (third-person singular simple present spawns, present participle spawning, simple past and past participle spawned)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "A frog spawns thousands of tadpoles every year.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To produce or deposit (eggs) in water."
],
"id": "en-spawn-en-verb-R7UPHv-X",
"links": [
[
"produce",
"produce"
],
[
"deposit",
"deposit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hvǎrljam hajver",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "хвърлям хайвер"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "fresar"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "klást jikry"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "třít se"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "kuitschieten"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "paaien"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "kutea"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "frayer"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "ablaichen"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "laichen"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "gjóta"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "deporre le uova"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "nārstot"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "läichen"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se mrésti",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "се мре́сти"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "toxm-rizi",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "تخمریزی"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "trzeć się"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "ikrzyć się"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "desovar"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "metátʹ",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "мета́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "cladh"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "desovar"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "mamayabat"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 4 6 1 0 17 2 3 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "yumurtlamak"
}
]
},
{
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"glosses": [
"To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers."
],
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"links": [
[
"generate",
"generate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 64 9 4 1 1 4 3 4 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plodja se",
"sense": "to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers",
"word": "плодя се"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 64 9 4 1 1 4 3 4 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers",
"word": "lisätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 64 9 4 1 1 4 3 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers",
"word": "erzeugen"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 64 9 4 1 1 4 3 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers",
"word": "hervorbringen"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 64 9 4 1 1 4 3 4 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers",
"word": "gerar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 64 9 4 1 1 4 3 4 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poroždátʹ",
"sense": "to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers",
"word": "порожда́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 64 9 4 1 1 4 3 4 5",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers",
"word": "cladh"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 64 9 4 1 1 4 3 4 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers",
"word": "yumurtlamak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To bring forth in general."
],
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"links": [
[
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bring forth in general."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poraždam",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "пораждам"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "stvořit"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "dát vzniknout"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "lisätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "synnyttää"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "kasvattaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "engendrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "erzeugen"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "generare"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "dare alla luce"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "pariō"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sózdade",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "со́здаде"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "gerar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "engendrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "meydana getirmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "oluşturmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 80 1 0 1 1 2 2 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "ortaya çıkmak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn."
],
"id": "en-spawn-en-verb-jW-uCdu0",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 6 2 74 1 1 1 3 5 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn",
"word": "kudettaa"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To plant with fungal spawn."
],
"id": "en-spawn-en-verb-nvOcECRm",
"links": [
[
"plant",
"plant"
],
[
"fungal",
"fungal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To plant with fungal spawn."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 3 0 3 84 0 0 1 2 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to plant with fungal spawn",
"word": "istuttaa"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014 April 20, Richard Conniff, “An evolutionary family drama”, in The New York Times",
"text": "Alewives are anadromous fish: Born in freshwater, they spend their lives in the ocean, returning annually to their birthplaces to spawn.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To deposit (numerous) eggs in water."
],
"id": "en-spawn-en-verb-vTPmfog4",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To deposit (numerous) eggs in water."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "19 2 2 2 0 67 3 3 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "kutea"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 2 2 2 0 67 3 3 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "laichen"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 2 2 2 0 67 3 3 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "ívik"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 2 2 2 0 67 3 3 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "petéket rak"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 2 2 2 0 67 3 3 2 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "nārstot"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 2 2 2 0 67 3 3 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nerestítʹsja",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "нерести́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 2 2 2 0 67 3 3 2 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "cladh"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 2 2 2 0 67 3 3 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "desovar"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 2 2 2 0 67 3 3 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "yumurtlamak"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 2 2 2 0 67 3 3 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "durmadan doğurmak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To reproduce, especially in large numbers."
],
"id": "en-spawn-en-verb-jlKsXXZF",
"links": [
[
"reproduce",
"reproduce"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To reproduce, especially in large numbers."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 0 3 74 3 1 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "çoxalmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 0 3 74 3 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razmnožavam se",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "размножавам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 0 3 74 3 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "paaien"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 0 3 74 3 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "siitä"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 0 3 74 3 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "lisääntyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 0 3 74 3 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "(sich wie Karnickel) sich vermehren"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 0 3 74 3 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "mnożyć się"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 0 3 74 3 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plodítʹsja",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "плоди́ться"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Video games",
"orig": "en:Video games",
"parents": [
"Games",
"Mass media",
"Software",
"Recreation",
"Culture",
"Media",
"Computing",
"Human activity",
"Society",
"Communication",
"Technology",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "We put down torches to stop creepers from spawning.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, spontaneously in a game world at a particular place and time."
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"word": "respawn"
}
],
"id": "en-spawn-en-verb-sDaAxmgs",
"links": [
[
"video game",
"video game"
],
[
"appear",
"appear#Verb"
],
[
"spontaneously",
"spontaneously#Adverb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ergative, video games) To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, spontaneously in a game world at a particular place and time."
],
"tags": [
"ergative"
],
"topics": [
"video-games"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 7 6 4 2 2 3 43 24 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
"word": "syntyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 6 4 2 2 3 43 24 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
"word": "spawnata"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 6 4 2 2 3 43 24 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
"word": "ilmestyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 6 4 2 2 3 43 24 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
"word": "spawnen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 6 4 2 2 3 43 24 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
"word": "erscheinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 6 4 2 2 3 43 24 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
"word": "spawnare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 6 4 2 2 3 43 24 7",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se pójavi",
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],
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{
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"perfective"
],
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{
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},
{
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"transitive"
],
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"intransitive"
],
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},
{
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"transitive"
],
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"text": "Where did he come from? Bro just spawned in.",
"type": "example"
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"ref": "2022 April 21, @BibsCorner, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-03-11",
"text": "Mavs fans really be spawning out of nowhere.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022 May 24, @ambarlucid, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-03-11",
"text": "So many virgos have spawned in my life lately",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 March 10, u/beskardboard, “rule”, in Reddit, r/196, archived from the original on 2024-03-11",
"text": "I swear a new vtuber with 250,000 subscribers and wildly transphobic views just spawns every other fucking week",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 March 22, @pickuplinesonig, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-03-11",
"text": "rizz so strong the bf just spawned out of nowhere",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 July 9, @upblissed, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-03-11",
"text": "bro jus spawns in when the word cuck is mentioned",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2024 March 3, @swagmoneie, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-03-11",
"text": "God spawning in a new streamer and fans for him every week:",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2021 December 20, u/Nil4u, “Construction of a building starterpack.”, in Reddit, r/starterpacks, archived from the original on 2024-03-11",
"text": "McDonalds skips the whole process and just spawns a new building somewhere",
"type": "quotation"
}
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[
"Internet",
"Internet"
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"slang",
"slang"
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[
"appear",
"appear#Verb"
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[
"unexpectedly",
"unexpectedly#Adverb"
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[
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"out of nowhere#Prepositional phrase"
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"Internet",
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"figuratively"
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"text": "That kid just spawned and looks like he's already done with life.",
"type": "example"
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"ref": "2021 April 16, u/crippl3r, “Life, the game!”, in Reddit, r/teenagers, archived from the original on 2024-03-11",
"text": "I spawned in Turkey. I wasn't given an option on difficulty. It was automatically set on the hardest.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 March 15, u/The-Clumsy-Pirate, “This is OB, short for Orca Beaver for obvious reasons. Children's Tylenol 5ml smol syringe for comparisson.”, in Reddit, r/IllegallySmolCats, archived from the original on 2024-03-11",
"text": "Oh he is entirely too smol! Just spawned and already running a drug ring!! ❤️",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2024 January 11, @bassantaz, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-03-11",
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"type": "quotation"
}
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"Internet"
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[
"slang",
"slang"
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[
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"humorous"
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[
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"humorous",
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],
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},
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],
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"cot-caught-merger"
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},
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"To plant with fungal spawn."
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"ref": "2014 April 20, Richard Conniff, “An evolutionary family drama”, in The New York Times",
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}
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],
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"intransitive"
]
},
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"To reproduce, especially in large numbers."
],
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],
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"(intransitive) To reproduce, especially in large numbers."
],
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"intransitive"
]
},
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"English terms with usage examples",
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"text": "We put down torches to stop creepers from spawning.",
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"text": "Where did he come from? Bro just spawned in.",
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},
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},
{
"ref": "2023 March 10, u/beskardboard, “rule”, in Reddit, r/196, archived from the original on 2024-03-11",
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},
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"ref": "2023 July 9, @upblissed, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-03-11",
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},
{
"ref": "2024 March 3, @swagmoneie, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-03-11",
"text": "God spawning in a new streamer and fans for him every week:",
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},
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"ref": "2021 December 20, u/Nil4u, “Construction of a building starterpack.”, in Reddit, r/starterpacks, archived from the original on 2024-03-11",
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"text": "That kid just spawned and looks like he's already done with life.",
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},
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"ref": "2024 January 11, @bassantaz, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-03-11",
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}
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"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "хвърлям хайвер"
},
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"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
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"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
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"word": "kuitschieten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "paaien"
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{
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{
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"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "laichen"
},
{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "gjóta"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "deporre le uova"
},
{
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"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "nārstot"
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{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "läichen"
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{
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"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "се мре́сти"
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{
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"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "تخمریزی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "trzeć się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "ikrzyć się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "desovar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "metátʹ",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "мета́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "cladh"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
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{
"code": "tl",
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"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "mamayabat"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to produce or deposit (eggs) in water",
"word": "yumurtlamak"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plodja se",
"sense": "to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers",
"word": "плодя се"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers",
"word": "lisätä"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers",
"word": "erzeugen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers",
"word": "hervorbringen"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers",
"word": "gerar"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"word": "порожда́ть"
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{
"code": "gd",
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{
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"word": "yumurtlamak"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"word": "пораждам"
},
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"code": "cs",
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],
"word": "stvořit"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "dát vzniknout"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "lisätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "synnyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "kasvattaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "engendrer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "erzeugen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "generare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "dare alla luce"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "pariō"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sózdade",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "со́здаде"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "gerar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "engendrar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "meydana getirmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "oluşturmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to bring forth in general",
"word": "ortaya çıkmak"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn",
"word": "kudettaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to plant with fungal spawn",
"word": "istuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "kutea"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "laichen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "ívik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "petéket rak"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "nārstot"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nerestítʹsja",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "нерести́ться"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "cladh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "desovar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "yumurtlamak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to deposit (numerous) eggs in water",
"word": "durmadan doğurmak"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "çoxalmaq"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razmnožavam se",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "размножавам се"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "paaien"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "siitä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "lisääntyä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "(sich wie Karnickel) sich vermehren"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "mnożyć się"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plodítʹsja",
"sense": "to reproduce, especially in large numbers",
"word": "плоди́ться"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
"word": "spawnata"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
"word": "ilmestyä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
"word": "spawnen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
"word": "erscheinen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
"word": "spawnare"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se pójavi",
"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
"word": "се по́јави"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"code": "pl",
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"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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{
"code": "tr",
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},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
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"intransitive"
],
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time",
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],
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{
"code": "tr",
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],
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"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "ıwıldırıq",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"word": "ыуылдырыҡ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hajver",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хайвер"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fresa"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "jikry"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "potěr"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kuit"
},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"word": "frajo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"word": "kutu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"word": "frai"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bragada"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Laich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fischlaich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Froschlaich"
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{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "gera",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"word": "گەرا"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "ikri"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Läich"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "íkra",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "и́кра"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"word": "toene"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "türs",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"word": "түрс"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "togn"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yumurta",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"word": "یومورطه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ešpel",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"word": "اشپل"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"fish",
"ichthyology",
"zoology",
"biology",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "ikra"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrzek"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ova"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "icre"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ikrá",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "икра́"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cladh"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ikra"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "freza"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
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],
"word": "yngel"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"word": "rom"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"word": "döl"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"word": "yumurta"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"topics": [
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"ichthyology",
"zoology",
"biology",
"natural-sciences"
],
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{
"code": "vo",
"english": "frog",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism",
"word": "froganögem"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "micel",
"sense": "mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мицел"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation",
"word": "sienirihmasto"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "Myzelfäden"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grzybnia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gribníca",
"sense": "mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "грибни́ца"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "micélij",
"sense": "mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мице́лий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spora",
"sense": "mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спора"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spora"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potomǎk",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "потомък"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izčadie",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"word": "lähde"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"word": "alkulähde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"word": "Ausgeburt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ausgeburt des Teufels"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"word": "paratau"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pomiot"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nasienie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "potómstvo",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пото́мство"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vývodok",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вы́водок"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poroždénije",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"tags": [
"negative",
"neuter"
],
"word": "порожде́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otródʹje",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"tags": [
"negative",
"neuter"
],
"word": "отро́дье"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "potomak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"word": "nesil"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"word": "soy"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"word": "zürriyet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring",
"word": "döl"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"spawn"
],
"word": "spawn"
}
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