Thesaurus: spawn

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1. v. t. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
2. v. t. To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.
3. v. i. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
4. v. i. To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.
5. v. t. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
6. v. t. Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
7. v. t. The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
8. v. t. The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.
9. n. the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
10. v. call forth
11. v. lay spawn