spawn

IPA: spˈɑn

noun

  • The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.
  • Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.
  • Any germ or seed, even a figurative source.
  • (often derogatory) Children; offspring.
  • (horticulture) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
  • (video games) Synonym of spawn point.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
  • (transitive) To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.
  • (transitive) To bring forth in general.
  • (transitive) To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
  • (transitive) To plant with fungal spawn.
  • (intransitive) To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
  • (intransitive) To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
  • (ergative, video games, of a character or object) (To cause) to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time.
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Examples of "spawn" in Sentences

  • I want an episodic TV series to spawn from the movie is what I want.
  • And i was wondering if anyone knows when White Bass are in spawn around the Texas area.
  • Enter King Kong Vs. Godzilla, his first colour feature, and lo and behold, the radiation spawn is charcoal gray.
  • The removal of these fish from the wild before they are able to spawn is rapidly becoming one of the biggest threats to their survival.
  • I am, however, happy to report that I caught my first of the season Sunday, and they were pretty aggressive even though the spawn is nearly two months away and the water is still darn cold.
  • The big difference between pacifists and the kind of activists that Jensen and Churchill are trying to spawn is that the pacifist says that he/she will do "whatever it takes" up to a point.
  • So the term spawn is rarely applied to the pure mycelium, but is applied to the substratum or material in which spawn is growing; that is, the substratum and mycelium together constitute the spawn.

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