SPAWN


Meaning of SPAWN in English

I. spawn 1 /spɔːn $ spɒːn/ BrE AmE verb

[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Anglo-French ; Origin: espaundre , from Old French espandre 'to spread out' , from Latin expandere ; ⇨ ↑ expand ]

1 . [transitive] to make a series of things happen or start to exist:

New technology has spawned new business opportunities.

2 . [intransitive and transitive] if a fish or ↑ frog spawns, it produces eggs in large quantities at the same time

II. spawn 2 BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

the eggs of a fish or ↑ frog laid together in a soft mass

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.