Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.

    Laich, Fischlaich, Froschlaich

    икра́ikrá

  2. (countable, uncountable)Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.

    Myzelfäden

    грибни́цаgribníca, мице́лийmicélij, спораspora

  3. (countable, uncountable)Any germ or seed, even a figurative source.

    This dreadful idea is the spawn of a large business conglomerate.

    Ausgeburt, Ausgeburt des Teufels

    пото́мствоpotómstvo, вы́водокvývodok, порожде́ниеporoždénije

  4. Any germ or seed, even a figurative source.

    (countable, derogatory, often, uncountable)Children; offspring.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The buds or branches produced from underground stems.

  6. (countable, uncountable)Synonym of spawn point.

More definitions
  • the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs

Examples

25 sentences
  1. Some fish swim upstream to spawn.

    deEinige Fische schwimmen zum Laichen stromaufwärts. — Melang

  2. What might a planet need to spawn life?

    ruЧто может потребоваться планете для зарождения жизни? — corvard

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

  3. The salmon swim upstream to their spawning grounds.

  4. Salmon return to their original birthplace to spawn.

  5. This open source code spawned hundreds of projects.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism:
mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation:
any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism:
mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation:
any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring:

Origin

From Middle English spawne, from the verb (see above).

From Middle English spawne, from the verb (see above).

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