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 Definitions of Spawn  [ɔn]  

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Definition of 'Spawn' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) spawn
the mass of eggs deposited in the water by fishes, amphibians, and other aquatic creatures.

2.  spawn
the mycelium of mushrooms, esp. of the species grown for the market.

3.  spawn
a swarming brood; numerous progeny.

4.  spawn
(used with a sing. or pl. v.) any person or thing regarded as the offspring of some stock, idea, etc.

5. (v.i.) spawn
to deposit eggs or sperm directly into the water.

6. (v.t.) spawn
to produce (spawn).

7.  spawn
to give birth to; give rise to:
His disappearance spawned many rumors.

8.  spawn
to produce in large number.

9.  spawn
to plant with mycelium.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME (v.), prob. < AF espaundre (OF espandre) to expand)

Definition of 'Spawn' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) spawn
the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs

2. (verb) engender, breed, spawn
call forth

3. (verb) spawn
lay spawn
"The salmon swims upstream to spawn"


Definition of 'Spawn' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) Spawn
to produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do

2. (verb) Spawn
to bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt

3. (verb) Spawn
to deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do

4. (verb) Spawn
to issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously

5. (verb) Spawn
the ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals

6. (verb) Spawn
any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously

7. (verb) Spawn
the buds or branches produced from underground stems

8. (verb) Spawn
the white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi


Definitions of 'Spawn' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  Spawn
1. [techspeak] In Unix parlance, to create a child process from within a process. Technically this is a ‘fork’; the term ‘spawn’ is a bit more general and is used for threads (lightweight processes) as well as traditional heavyweight processes.

2. In gaming, meant to indicate where (spawn-point) and when a player comes to life (or re-spawns) after being killed. Opposite of frag.


Translation of 'Spawn' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the eggs of fish, frogs etc
In the spring, the pond is full of frog-spawn.

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