spawn (redirected from spawning)

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

Noun

the jelly-like mass of eggs laid by fish, amphibians, or molluscs

Verb

1. (of fish, amphibians, or molluscs) to lay eggs

2. to cause (something) to be created: the depressed economy spawned the riots [Anglo-Norman espaundre]

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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

verb generate, produce, give rise to, start, prompt, provoke, set off, bring about, spark off, set in motion

Translations

spawn [spɔːn] vt (pej) → engendrar

vi → desovar, frezar

n → huevas fpl

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spawn [spɔːn] vt → pondre;

(pej) → engendrer

vi → frayer

n → frai m

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spawn [spɔːn] vi → laichen

vt → hervorbringen, erzeugen

n → Laich m

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spawn [spɔːn] vt → deporre;

(pej) → produrre

vi → deporre le uova

n → uova fpl

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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 (물고기·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