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Newguest Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Spawned

Hello!

One man says that they tried to develop a certain song, but it was a failure, however this song (B) spawned three different songs X,Y,Z. And if you ever listen to B song you will hear all elements of all those three songs.

--- Does "spawn" mean that thanks to this song, song "B", three others were created???
  

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It's a little more direct than that. The literal meaning of spawn is to produce offspring. Salmon swim upstream to spawn.

  • It's a little more direct than that.
  • The literal meaning of spawn is to produce offspring.
  • Salmon swim upstream to spawn.
  • So, the speaker is metaphorically saying that the three new songs are the "children" of the first.
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It's a little more direct than that. The literal meaning of spawn is to produce offspring. Salmon swim upstream to spawn. So, the speaker is metaphorically saying that the three new songs are the "children" of the first.
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How about: Song B gave rise to songs X,Y,Z.
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That sounds fine to me.

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