spawns
Gives rise to
Spawns is the verb form of spawn, meaning to produce offspring—originally said of fish and other aquatic animals releasing eggs in large numbers.
The meaning extends to anything that generates or gives rise to something else, often prolifically: Success spawns imitators, The franchise spawned three sequels.
In gaming, spawns refers to characters or items appearing in a game world: Enemies spawn every thirty seconds.
Reproductive cells in shells
- fryCook in hot fat
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- hatchlingsRecently emerged young animals
- roeAquatic reproductive material
offspring · milt · breeding · fertilization · clutch · juveniles · broodstock · hatching
Brings forth, creates
- producesCreates or yields
- createsBrings into being
- originatesStarts or arises from
- triggersCauses or activates
begets · engenders · initiates · causes · births · breeds · proliferates · multiplies
Steps toward a result
- threadFiber for stitching
- instanceSingle occurrence of something
- subprocessProgram spawned by another
- forkTined eating tool
child · parent · execution · shell · command · runtime · daemon · background
Game participant
- checkpointInspection station on route
- locationPosition in space
- enemyHostile opposing party
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
multiplayer · death · map · boss · wave · cooldown · server · lag
eggs
Reproductive cells in shells
- fryCook in hot fat
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- hatchlingsRecently emerged young animals
roe · offspring · milt · breeding · fertilization · clutch · juveniles · broodstock · hatching · alevin
generates
Brings forth, creates
- producesCreates or yields
- createsBrings into being
- originatesStarts or arises from
triggers · begets · engenders · initiates · causes · births · breeds · proliferates · multiplies · unleashes
process
Steps toward a result
- threadFiber for stitching
- instanceSingle occurrence of something
- subprocessProgram spawned by another
fork · child · parent · execution · shell · command · runtime · daemon · background · task
player
Game participant
- checkpointInspection station on route
- locationPosition in space
- enemyHostile opposing party
regeneration · multiplayer · death · map · boss · wave · cooldown · server · lag · instant
spawnsdestroys
Causes complete ruin
kills · terminates · annihilates · extinguishes · eliminates
- frog spawnJellied clusters of tadpole-precursors
- spawn pointEntry location in games
- spawn of hell
- spawning groundsWhere fish reproduce
- spawning seasonTime when fish reproduce
- salmon spawningAnnual upstream breeding journey
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