OFFSPRING


Meaning of OFFSPRING in English

ˈȯfˌspriŋ also ˈäf- noun

( plural offspring also offsprings )

Etymology: Middle English ofspring, from Old English, from of off + springan to spring — more at of , spring

1. : something that springs from an animal or plant reproducing its kind : young , progeny , child , issue

a mother of numerous offspring

2. : something that comes into being as a result : product

atomic bomb is the offspring of 20th century physics — I.I.Rabi

3. obsolete

a. : generation

b. : ancestral stock : race

c. : lineage , descent

d. : source , origin

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.