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- DictionarySpawn/spôn/
verb
- 1. (of a fish, frog, mollusk, 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 (used to express distaste or disgust): derogatory "the spawn of chaos: demons and sorcerers"
1. : to deposit or fertilize spawn. 2. : to produce young especially in large numbers. transitive verb. 1. a. : to produce or deposit (eggs) used of an aquatic animal. b. : to induce (fish) to spawn. c. : to plant with mushroom spawn. 2. : bring forth, generate. the idea spawned controversy. spawner noun. 2 of 2. noun.
SPAWN definition: 1. the eggs of fish, frogs, etc. 2. a young animal or child: 3. to cause something new, or many…. Learn more.
Spawn definition: the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.. See examples of SPAWN used in a sentence.
SPAWN meaning: 1. the eggs of fish, frogs, etc. 2. a young animal or child: 3. to cause something new, or many…. Learn more.
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. v.intr.
Definition of spawn verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of spawn. noun. the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs. see more. verb. lay spawn. “The salmon swims upstream to spawn ” see more. verb. call forth. synonyms: breed, engender. see more. Pronunciation. US. /spɔn/ UK. /spɔn/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Spawn."
