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Entry 8 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Spawn

/spän/ · IPA /spɔn/
01 v. t. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
imp. & p. p. Spawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Spawning
  1. 1.
    To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
  2. 2.
    To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.
    “One edition [of books] spawneth another.” — Fuller.
02 v. i. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
  1. 1.
    To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
  2. 2.
    To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.
03 n. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
  1. 1.
    The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
  2. 2.
    Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
  3. 3.
    The buds or branches produced from underground stems.(Hort.)
  4. 4.
    The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.(Bot.)
Phrases & compounds
Spawn eater — a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace.