spawn

noun

[If this word is not contracted, it belongs to the root of L. pano. If contracted, it probably belongs to the root of spew or spaw. The radical sense is that which is ejected or thrown out.]

It has no plural.

spawn

The eggs of fish or frogs, when ejected.

spawn

Any product or offspring; an expression of contempt.

spawn

Offsets; shoots; suckers of plants.

spawn

verb transitive

To produce or deposit, as fishes do their eggs.

spawn

To bring forth; to generate; in contempt.

spawn

verb intransitive

To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs.

spawn

To issue, as offspring; in contempt.