spawn
- spawn
- [[t]spɔ͟ːn[/t]]
spawns, spawning, spawned
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n N Spawn is a soft, jelly-like substance containing the eggs of fish, or of animals such as frogs.
...her passion for collecting frog spawn.
2) VERB When fish or animals such as frogs spawn, they lay their eggs.
...fish species like salmon and trout which go upstream, spawn and then die...
[V-ing] The toads have settled in and accepted the pond as a good spawning ground.
3) VERB If something spawns something else, it causes it to happen or to be created. [LITERARY]
[V n] Tyndall's inspired work spawned a whole new branch of science...
[V n] He wrote 54 crime novels, which spawned both movies and television shows.
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Spawn — Cosplayer personificando a Spawn Primera aparición Spawn Nº1 (mayo de 1992) Creador(es) Todd McFarlane … Wikipedia Español
Spawn — (engl. Brut, Gezücht) ist eine amerikanische Comicfigur, die seit 1992 Titelheld einer gleichnamigen Serie ist. Der erste Auftritt findet sich in Spawn #1 von Image Comics. Spawn wurde erfunden und gezeichnet von Todd McFarlane. Nach einer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
spawn´er — spawn «spn», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) the eggs of fish, frogs, shellfish, and other animals growing or living in water: »The boys dug up some little pockets of spawn at the water s edge. SYNONYM(S): roe. b) the young that are newly hatched from such … Useful english dictionary
Spawn — es un antihéroe creado por Todd McFarlane bajo la firma de Image Comics. El primer número salió a la venta en mayo de 1992 vendiendo la estrepitosa cantidad de 1.7 millones de copias. El título del comic es la abreviación de Hellspawn, un juego… … Enciclopedia Universal
Spawn — Spawn, n. [[root]170. See {Spawn}, v. t.] 1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals. [1913 Webster] 2. Any product or offspring; used contemptuously. [1913 Webster] 3. (Hort.) The buds or branches produced from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spawn — Spawn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spawning}.] [OE. spanen, OF. espandre, properly, to shed, spread, L. expandere to spread out. See {Expand}.] 1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do. [1913 Webster] 2. To bring … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spawn — Spawn, v. i. 1. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do. [1913 Webster] 2. To issue, as offspring; used contemptuously. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spawn — spawn·er; spawn; … English syllables
spawn — [spôn] vt., vi. [ME spaunnen (for * spaunden) < Anglo Fr espaundre < OFr espandre, to shed < L expandere: see EXPAND] 1. to produce or deposit (eggs, sperm, or young) 2. to bring forth or be the source of (esp. something regarded with… … English World dictionary
spawn — index create, engender, offspring, proliferate, propagate (increase), reproduce Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
spawn — UK US /spɔːn/ verb [T] ► to cause something new, or many new things, to grow or start suddenly: »Deregulation has also spawned three mobile phone operators and five internet providers. »The new economic freedom has spawned hundreds of new small… … Financial and business terms
