spawn
verb
- 1
To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
- 2
To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.
- 3
To bring forth in general.
“The Web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.”
- 4
To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
- 5
To plant with fungal spawn.
- 6
To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
- 7
To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
- 8
(of a character or object) (To cause) to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time.
noun
- 1
The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.
- 2
Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.
- 3
(by extension, sometimes derogatory) Any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring.
- 4
The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
- 5
The location in a game where characters or objects spontaneously appear.
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