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- Dictionaryspawn/spôn/
verb
- 1. (of a fish, frog, mollusk, crustacean, etc.) release or deposit eggs: "the fish spawn among fine-leaved plants"
- 2. (of a person) produce (offspring): derogatory "why had she married a man who could spawn a boy like that?"
noun
- 1. the eggs of fish, frogs, etc.: "the fish covers its spawn with gravel"
- 2. the product or offspring of a person or place (used to express distaste or disgust): derogatory "the spawn of chaos: demons and sorcerers"
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SPAWN definition: 1. the eggs of fish, frogs, etc. 2. a young animal or child: 3. to cause something new, or many…. Learn more.
The meaning of SPAWN is to deposit or fertilize spawn. How to use spawn in a sentence.
Spawn is a soft, jelly-like substance containing the eggs of fish, or of animals such as frogs.
SPAWN meaning: 1. the eggs of fish, frogs, etc. 2. a young animal or child: 3. to cause something new, or many…. Learn more.
Spawn definition: the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.. See examples of SPAWN used in a sentence.
Technically, the mass of small eggs laid by animals like fish, frogs, mollusks is called spawn. But the word has been borrowed to mean offspring, or the act of making them in general. When someone is in league with the devil, a preacher might refer to them as “Satan’s spawn.”
Definition of spawn verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
