spawn
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
call forth
Types & categories
- cause hypernym
Sense 3 verb
lay spawn
The salmon swims upstream to spawn
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- spawner derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | egg |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | roe |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cause |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spawner |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | lay |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spat |