1. The mass of eggs deposited by fish, amphibians or molluscs
   "The salmon returned to their birthplace to lay their spawn"
    
2. Offspring or product of a particular place, environment, or group, often with a negative connotation
   "He was the spawn of a corrupt political system"
    
3. (gaming) the appearance or generation of a character, enemy, or item in a game world
   "We waited for the enemy spawn"

1. Cause or give rise to something; bring into existence or cause to develop
   "The policy changes spawned widespread protests";
   - engender, breed, birth
    
2. Lay spawn
   "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"
    
3. (gaming) to cause a character, enemy, or item to appear in a game world
   "The boss will spawn after the timer runs out"
    
4. (computing) to create a new process or thread from an existing one
   "The program spawned multiple processes to handle the tasks concurrently"

Derived forms: spawned, spawning, spawns

Type of: cause, do, egg, engender, lay, make

Encyclopedia: Spawn