(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
Spawn is a soft, jelly-like substance containing the eggs of fish, or of animals such as frogs.
...her passion for collecting frog ~.
N-UNCOUNT: usu n N
2.
When fish or animals such as frogs ~, they lay their eggs.
...fish species like salmon and trout which go upstream, ~ and then die...
VERB: V
3.
If something ~s something else, it causes it to happen or to be created. (LITERARY)
Tyndall’s inspired work ~ed a whole new branch of science...
VERB: V n