SPAWN


Meaning of SPAWN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ spɔ:n ]

( spawns, spawning, spawned)

1.

Spawn is a soft, jelly-like substance containing the eggs of fish, or of animals such as frogs.

...her passion for collecting frog spawn.

N-UNCOUNT : usu n N

2.

When fish or animals such as frogs spawn , they lay their eggs.

...fish species like salmon and trout which go upstream, spawn and then die...

VERB : V

3.

If something spawns something else, it causes it to happen or to be created. ( LITERARY )

Tyndall’s inspired work spawned a whole new branch of science...

VERB : V n

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