Spawn

[spɔːn] or [spɔn]

Definition

(noun.) the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs.

(verb.) lay spawn; 'The salmon swims upstream to spawn'.

Typed by Carlyle--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.

(v. t.) To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.

(v. i.) To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.

(v. i.) To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.

(v. t.) The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.

(v. t.) Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.

(v. t.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.

(v. t.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.

Inputed by Fidel

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Eggs (of fish or of frogs), hard roe.[2]. (Bot.) Mycelium, filaments (from which fungi originate).

v. a. [In contempt.] Generate, produce, bring forth.

v. n. [In contempt.] Issue.

Editor: Lucius

Definition

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.

Inputed by Jackson