spawn

UK /spɔːn/ US /spɔn/
verb 5noun 5name 1

Definitions

verb

1

To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

A frog spawns thousands of tadpoles every year.

2

To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.

3

To bring forth in general.

The web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.

4

To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.

5

To plant with fungal spawn.

noun

1

The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.

2

Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.

3

Any germ or seed, even a figurative source.

This dreadful idea is the spawn of a large business conglomerate.

4

Any germ or seed, even a figurative source.

Even the blithely unselfconscious Homer is more than a little freaked out by West’s private reverie, and encourages his spawn to move slowly away without making eye contact with the crazy man.

5

The buds or branches produced from underground stems.

name

1

A surname.

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