spawn

spawn  (spôn)

n.

1. The eggs of aquatic animals such as bivalve mollusks, fishes, and amphibians.

2. Offspring occurring in numbers; brood.

3. A person who is the issue of a parent or family.

4. The source of something; a germ or seed.

5. A product or an outcome.

6. Mycelia of mushrooms or other fungi grown in specially prepared organic matter for planting in beds.

v. spawned, spawn·ing, spawns

v.intr.

1. To deposit eggs; produce spawn.

2. To produce offspring in large numbers.

v.tr.

1. To produce or deposit (spawn).

2. To produce in large numbers.

3. To give rise to; engender: tyranny that spawned revolt.

4. To cause to spawn; bring forth; produce: a family that had spawned a monster.

5. To plant with mycelia grown in specially prepared organic matter.

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[Middle English spawne, from spawnen, to spawn, from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Latin expandere; see expand.]

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spawner n.

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spawn [spɔːn]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the mass of eggs deposited by fish, amphibians, or molluscs

2. Often derogatory offspring, product, or yield

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany the nontechnical name for mycelium

vb

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of fish, amphibians, etc.) to produce or deposit (eggs)

2. Often derogatory (of people) to produce (offspring)

3. (tr) to produce or engender

[from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Old French spandre to spread out, expand]

spawner  n

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spawn  (spôn)

Noun

1. The eggs of water animals such as fish, amphibians, and mollusks.

2. Offspring produced in large numbers.

Verb

To lay eggs; produce spawn.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spawn - the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs egg - animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds roe - the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster
Verb	1.	spawn - call forth breed, engender cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
	2.	spawn - lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn" spat - spawn; "oysters spat" lay - lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay"

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spawn

noun

(Often derogatory) offspring, issue, product, seed (chiefly biblical), progeny, yield They are the spawn of Bible-belting repression.

verb

generate, produce, give rise to, start, prompt, provoke, set off, bring about, spark off, set in motion His novels spawned both movies and television shows.

Translations

spawn [spɔːn]

A. N

1. [of fish, frogs] → freza f, huevas fpl; [of mushrooms] → semillas fpl

2. (pej) (= offspring) → prole f

B. VI → frezar

C. VT (pej) → engendrar, producir

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spawn [ˈspɔːn]

vt → engendrer

vi [fish, frog] → frayer

n [fish, frog] → frai m

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spawn

n

(of fish, shellfish, frogs) → Laich m

(of mushrooms) → Fadengeflecht nt

vi → laichen

vt (fig) → hervorbringen, erzeugen; bad living conditions spawn crime → schlechte Wohnverhältnisse sind Brutstätten des Verbrechens

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spawn [spɔːn]

1. n (of fish, frogs) → uova fpl

2. vi → deporre le uova

3. vt (pej) → produrre

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spawn [spɔːn]

1. n (of fish, frogs) → uova fpl

2. vi → deporre le uova

3. vt (pej) → produrre

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spawn

n spawn [spoːn]

the eggs of fish, frogs etc In the spring, the pond is full of frog-spawn. paddaeiers بَيْض السَّمَك أو الضَّفادِع яйца jikry, potěr rogn; -rogn; æg; -æg der Laich γόνος huevas kudu تخم ماهي يا قور باغه mäti, kutu oeufs בֵּיצֵי דָגִים जलांडक, संतान ikra, mrijest (hal)ikra telur ikan, telur kodok hrogn, gota uova 卵 (고기, 개구리 등의) 알 ikrai ikri telur kuit, dril rogn; yngel ikra, skrzek ovas icre икра ikry, poter ikre ikra rom, ägg ไข่ปลา; ไข่กบ yumurta 卵 ікра مچھلی ، مینڈک، کیکڑے، وغیرہ کا انڈا trứng cá, ếch... 卵

v

(of frogs, fish etc) to produce spawn. eiers lê يَبيض السَّمَك снасям яйца třít se gyde; lægge æg laichen γεννώ αβγά, γεννώ frezar, desovar kudema تخم ريزي kutea frayer לְהַשרִיץ अण्डे देना, पैदा करना mrijestiti se, bacati ikru ívik bertelur hrygna (deporre uova) 卵を生む 알을 낳다 neršti nārstot; laist ikrus bertelur kuit schieten gyte; yngle składać ikrę/skrzek desovar a depune icre метать икру trieť sa drstiti se ikriti lägga rom วางไข่ yumurtlamak 產卵 метати ікру, нереститися مچھلی، مینڈک ، کیکڑے وغیرہ کا انڈا دینا đẻ trứng 产卵