spawns

[Spawn]

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.

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To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.

Noun
the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs

Verb
lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"

Verb
call forth


v. t.
To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.

v. t.
To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.

v. i.
To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.

v. i.
To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.

v. t.
The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.

v. t.
Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.

v. t.
The buds or branches produced from underground stems.

v. t.
The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.


Spawn

Spawn , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spawned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Spawning.] [OE. spanen, OF. espandre, properly, to shed, spread, L. expandere to spread out. See Expand.] 1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do. 2. To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.
One edition [of books] spawneth another.

Spawn

Spawn, v. i. 1. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do. 2. To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.

Spawn

Spawn, n. [&root;170. See Spawn, v. t.] 1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals. 2. Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously. 3. (Hort.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems. 4. (Bot.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi. Spawn eater (Zo'94l.), a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace.

To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.

To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.

The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.

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Usage Examples

I am hoping for peaceful transition into a new age. Obama has already played a great role in initiating us into that vision. If he were to be harmed in any way, it would spawn the birth of a million Obamas.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I'm more into the Spawn toys. They're really cool. They're coming out with a Techno Spawn series and another series, The Dark Ages, which are really cool.

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