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Definitions for Spawn

[1] Zoology . the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
[2] Mycology . the mycelium of mushrooms, especially of the species grown for the market.
[3] Usually Disparaging . a swarming brood; numerous progeny:Diners at the restaurant were annoyed by the two inconsiderate parents and their unruly spawn.
[4] any person or thing regarded as the offspring of some stock, idea, etc.
[5] of or relating to the spawning of a character or item in a video game:a spawn point; the spawn rate.
[6] to deposit eggs or sperm directly into the water, as fishes.
[7] (of a character or item in a video game) to originate at a fixed point in an existing game environment:An enemy character just spawned right on top of me!
[8] to produce (spawn).
[9] to give birth to; give rise to: His sudden disappearance spawned many rumors.
[10] to produce in large number.
[11] to plant with mycelium.
[12] the mass of eggs deposited by fish, amphibians, or molluscs
[13] often derogatory offspring, product, or yield
[14] botany the nontechnical name for mycelium
[15] (of fish, amphibians, etc) to produce or deposit (eggs)
[16] often derogatory (of people) to produce (offspring)
[17] (tr) to produce or engender

Words related to Spawn

create, generate, procreate, parent, sire, make, originate, father, reproduce, hatch, mother, issue

Words nearby Spawn

spatula, spatulate, spaulder, spavin, spavined, spawn, spay, spaz, spaza shop, spca, spck

Origin of Spawn

1350–1400; Middle English spawnen (v.), probably < Anglo-French espaundre (Old French espandre ) to expand

Other words from Spawn

spawn·er , noun
un·spawned , adjective

Word origin for Spawn

C14: from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Old French spandre to spread out, expand

Synonyms for Spawn

create, generate, father, hatch, issue, make, mother, originate, parent, procreate, reproduce, sire, bring forth, give rise to