spawn

1. (transitive)To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

   A frog spawns thousands of tadpoles every year.

   ablaichen, laichen

   мета́тьmetátʹ

2. (transitive)To generate, bring into being, especially nonmammalian beings in very large numbers.

   erzeugen, hervorbringen

   порожда́тьporoždátʹ

3. (transitive)To bring forth in general.

   The web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.

   erzeugen

   call forth

4. (transitive)To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.

   lay spawn

5. (transitive)To plant with fungal spawn.

6. (intransitive)To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.

   laichen

   нерести́тьсяnerestítʹsja

7. (intransitive)To reproduce, especially in large numbers.

   (sich wie Karnickel) sich vermehren

   плоди́тьсяplodítʹsja

8. (ergative)To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, spontaneously in a game world at a particular place and time.

   We put down torches to stop creepers from spawning.

   spawnen, erscheinen

   появитьсяpojavitjsja, заспавнитьсяzaspavnitjsja

9. (Internet, ergative, figuratively)To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, unexpectedly and seemingly out of nowhere.

   Where did he come from? Bro just spawned in.

10. (Internet, figuratively, humorous, intransitive)Of a person or non-egglaying animal: to be born.

    That kid just spawned and looks like he's already done with life.

1. Some fish swim upstream to spawn.

   deEinige Fische schwimmen zum Laichen stromaufwärts.

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2. What might a planet need to spawn life?

   ruЧто может потребоваться планете для зарождения жизни?

   deWas könnte ein Planet brauchen, um Leben entstehen zu lassen?

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3. The salmon swim upstream to their spawning grounds.

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4. Salmon return to their original birthplace to spawn.

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5. This open source code spawned hundreds of projects.

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