Meaning of spawn in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

• To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.

• To bring forth in general.

  Example: The Web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.

• To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.

• To plant with fungal spawn.

• To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.

• To reproduce, especially in large numbers.

• (of a character or object) (To cause) to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time.

noun

• The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.

• Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.

• (by extension, sometimes derogatory) Any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring.

• The buds or branches produced from underground stems.

• The location in a game where characters or objects spontaneously appear.