SPAWN

vi to deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.

2. spawn ·vi to issue, as offspring;

— used contemptuously.

3. spawn ·vt any product or offspring;

— used contemptuously.

4. spawn ·vt to produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.

5. spawn ·vt the buds or branches produced from underground stems.

6. spawn ·vt the white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.

7. spawn ·vt the ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.

8. spawn ·vt to bring forth; to generate;

— used in contempt.