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- Dictionaryspawn/spɔːn/
verb
- 1. (of a fish, frog, mollusc, crustacean, etc.) release or deposit eggs: "the fish spawn among fine-leaved plants"
- 2. (of a person) produce (offspring): derogatory "why had she married a man who could spawn a boy like that?"
noun
- 1. the eggs of fish, frogs, etc.: "the fish covers its spawn with gravel"
- 2. the product or offspring of a person or place: derogatory "the spawn of Satan"
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SPAWN definition: 1. the eggs of fish, frogs, etc. 2. a young animal or child: 3. to cause something new, or many…. Learn more.
The meaning of SPAWN is to deposit or fertilize spawn. How to use spawn in a sentence.
a young animal or child: disapproving He looked at me as if I was a spawn of Satan because I was smoking a cigarette. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. spawn.
Spawn definition: the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.. See examples of SPAWN used in a sentence.
Technically, the mass of small eggs laid by animals like fish, frogs, mollusks is called spawn. But the word has been borrowed to mean offspring, or the act of making them in general. When someone is in league with the devil, a preacher might refer to them as “Satan’s spawn.”
noun. 1. the mass of eggs deposited by fish, amphibians, or molluscs. 2. often derogatory. offspring, product, or yield. 3. botany the nontechnical name for mycelium. verb. 4. (of fish, amphibians, etc) to produce or deposit (eggs) 5. often derogatory.
n. 1. The eggs of aquatic animals such as bivalve mollusks, fishes, and amphibians. 2. Offspring, especially when occurring in large numbers. 3. A product or an outcome: the spawn of a prodigious imagination. 4. Mycelia of mushrooms or other fungi grown in specially prepared organic matter for planting in beds. v. spawned, spawn·ing, spawns.
of or relating to the spawning of a character or item in a video game: a spawn point; the spawn rate. verb (used without object) to deposit eggs or sperm directly into the water, as fishes.
Definition of spawn verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'spawn' 1. Spawn is a soft, jelly-like substance containing the eggs of fish, or of animals such as frogs. [...] 2. When fish or animals such as frogs spawn, they lay their eggs. [...] 3. If something spawns something else, it causes it to happen or to be created. [literary] [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'spawn'
