Definitions for spawn

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IPA: /spɔn/

Spawn is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in spawn (anpsw).

Definitions for spawn

noun

1. Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
2. Mycology. the mycelium of mushrooms, especially of the species grown for the market.
3. Usually Disparaging. a swarming brood; numerous progeny:
4. any person or thing regarded as the offspring of some stock, idea, etc.

adjective

1. of or relating to the spawning of a character or item in a video game:

verb (used with object)

1. to produce (spawn).
2. to give birth to; give rise to:
3. to produce in large number.
4. to plant with mycelium.

verb (used without object)

1. to deposit eggs or sperm directly into the water, as fishes.
2. (of a character or item in a video game) to originate at a fixed point in an existing game environment:

Origin of spawn

1350-1400; Middle English spawnen (v.), probably Anglo-French espaundre (Old French espandre) to expand

Examples for spawn

The first story of his that I read was "spawn of the Stars."

But oh, that a nation which has known a Corneille should ever spawn forth a ——-!

spawn, why didn't you tell me you were a producer of quicksilver?

Any theory accounting for the presence of spawn is, therefore, out of the question.

That is not to say that the focus on Cohle and Hart does not spawn two compelling performances.

Replaying sections will spawn enemies in the same place, but what happens then changes from time to time.

After surprising box office success, The Terminator would go on to spawn three sequels.

This idea is really the spawn of Mark Levin, the wingnut radio host, who has (of course) written a book about it.

Well known for his gimmicks, Daylyt entered the stage in a spawn costume that could stop traffic at Comic Con.

Why shrink from us, then, as though we were the spawn of the Evil One?