Meaning of OFFSPRING
| Pronunciation: | | 'of`spring
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- [n] any immature animal
- [n] something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts"
- [n] the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"
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OFFSPRING is a 9 letter word that starts with O. |
| | Synonyms: | | issue, materialisation, materialization, progeny, young |
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| | See Also: | | animal, animate being, baby, bastard, beast, brute, by-blow, child, consequence, creature, effect, eldest, event, fauna, firstborn, grandchild, hatchling, heir, illegitimate, illegitimate child, issue, kid, love child, outcome, relation, relative, result, spat, successor, upshot, whoreson, young bird, young fish, young mammal | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Off"spring`\, n.sing. & pl. [Off + spring.]
1. The act of production; generation. [Obs.]
2. That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant
or descendants, however remote from the stock.
To the gods alone Our future offspring and our wives
are known. --Dryden.
3. Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing your offspring in your dream, symbolizes cheerfulness and joyous moments. |
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| | Related Terms: | | aftermath, artifact, bairn, brainchild, breed, brood, by-product, cherub, child, children, chit, coinage, composition, conclusion, concoction, consequence, consequent, corollary, creation, creature, crowning achievement, darling, daughter, derivation, derivative, descendant, descendants, descent, development, distillate, distillation, dynasty, effect, end product, essence, event, eventuality, eventuation, extract, family, folks, foster child, fruit, get, grandchild, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandson, great-grandchildren, handiwork, harvest, hatch, hearth, heir, heiress, heirs, homefolks, hostages to fortune, house, household, inheritors, innocent, invention, issue, kid, kids, kitten, lamb, lambkin, legacy, line, lineage, little bugger, little fellow, little guy, little innocent, little one, little ones, little tad, little tot, logical outcome, manufacture, masterpiece, masterwork, menage, mintage, mite, new generation, new mintage, nipper, offshoot, opera, opus, opuscule, origination, outcome, outgrowth, peewee, people, posterity, precipitate, produce, product, production, progeniture, progeny, result, resultant, rising generation, scion, seed, sequel, sequela, sequence, sequent, shaver, son, son and heir, sonny, sons, spawn, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepson, succession, successor, swarm, tad, tot, treasures, upshot, wee tot, work, young, younglings, youngster, youngsters |
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