Definition of spawns Spawns
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What does spawns mean?
Part of speech
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NounPlural: spawns |
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| 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 | ||
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| spawn - lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn" | ||
| lay put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" | ||
| spat spawn; "oysters spat" | ||
| spawn - call forth | ||
| engender, breed | ||
| cause, do, make give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- spawn (Noun)
The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism . - spawn (Noun)
Mushroom mycelium prepared for aided propagation. - spawn (Noun)
By extension Any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring. - spawn (Noun)
The location in a game where characters or objects spontaneously appear. - spawn (Verb)
To produce or deposit eggs in water. - spawn (Verb)
To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers. - spawn (Verb)
To bring forth in general. - spawn (Verb)
To induce aquatic organisms to spawn. - spawn (Verb)
To plant with fungal spawn. - spawn (Verb)
To deposit numerous eggs in water. - spawn (Verb)
To reproduce, especially in large numbers. - spawn (Verb)
To cause to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- spawn (v. t.)
To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do. - spawn (v. t.)
To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt. - spawn (v. i.)
To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do. - spawn (v. i.)
To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously. - spawn (v. t.)
The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals. - spawn (v. t.)
Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously. - spawn (v. t.)
The buds or branches produced from underground stems. - spawn (v. t.)
The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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spawn
To give rise to.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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spawn
spawn, n. the eggs of fish or frogs when ejected: offspring.—adj. containing spawn.—v.t. to produce, as fishes and frogs do their eggs: to bring forth.—v.i. to deposit eggs, as fishes or frogs: to issue, as offspring.—ns. Spawn′er, the female fish from which the spawn is ejected; Spawn′ing; Spawn′ing-bed, -ground, a bed made in the bottom of a stream on which fish deposit their spawn. [O. Fr. espandre, to shed—L. expandĕre, to spread out.]
