Plural of spawn
irregular plural
The plural of spawn is spawn or spawns.
Forms of spawn
| Singular | spawn /spɔːn/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | spawn /spɔːn/ spawns |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Spawns in a sentence
- A frog spawns thousands of tadpoles every year.
- The web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.
- This FTP client spawns a separate worker for each file to be uploaded.From the entry worker
- The program spawns a new subthread for each request made by the user.From the entry subthread
- Children are way more destructive than most pets, and having more crotch spawns doesn't boost rent at all.2019 February 6, Natasha Thomas (quoted), “What Readers Have to Say About a Bill to Outlaw Pet Rent in Oregon”, in Willamette Week. From the entry crotch spawn
Meaning of spawn
- verb To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
- verb To generate, bring into being, especially nonmammalian beings in very large numbers.
- verb To bring forth in general.
Plural the same as the singular
Questions about the plural of spawn
- What is the plural of spawn?
- The plural of spawn is spawn or spawns.
- Is spawn countable?
- Spawn is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: spawn (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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