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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.
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.”
Spawn definition: the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.. See examples of SPAWN used in a sentence.
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.
SPAWN meaning: 1. the eggs of fish, frogs, etc. 2. a young animal or child: 3. to cause something new, or many…. Learn more.
Definition of spawn verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. spawns. The mass of eggs or young produced by fish, mollusks, crustaceans, amphibians, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Something produced, esp. in great quantity; specif., numerous offspring or progeny. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A product or an outcome. The spawn of a prodigious imagination. American Heritage.
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.
1. the mass of eggs deposited in the water by fishes, amphibians, and other aquatic creatures. 2. the mycelium of mushrooms, esp. of the species grown for the market. 3. a swarming brood; numerous progeny.
