Definition of: spawn

(spôn) noun
1. Zool. The eggs of fishes, amphibians, mollusks, etc., especially in masses.
2. Derisively, the offspring of any animal; also, outcome or results; product; yield.
3. The spat of the oyster.
4. Very small fish; fry.
5. Bot. The mycelium of mushrooms or other fungi. [<v.]
—v.i.
1. To produce spawn; deposit eggs or roe.
2. To come forth as or like spawn.
—v.t.
3. To produce (spawn).
4. To give rise to; originate.
5. To bring forth abundantly or in great quantity.
6. To plant with spawn or mycelium. [<AF espaundere, OF espendre <L expandere. Doublet of EXPAND.]