English-Thai Dictionary

spawn

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spawn

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spawn

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPAWN

n.It has no plural. [If this word is not contracted, it belongs to the root of L. pano. If contracted, it probably belongs to the root of spew or spaw. The radical sense is that which is ejected or thrown out. ] 1. The eggs of fish or frogs, when ejected.
2. Any product or offspring; an expression of contempt.
3. Offsets; shoots; suckers of plants. [Not in use in American. ]

 

SPAWN

v.t. 1. To produce or deposit, as fishes do their eggs.
2. To bring forth; to generate; in contempt.

 

SPAWN

v.i. 1. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs.
2. To issue, as offspring; in contempt.

 

SPAWNED

pp. Produced or deposited, as the eggs of fish or frogs.

 

SPAWNER

n.the female fish. the spawner and the melter of the barbel cover their spawn with sand.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPAWN

Spawn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Spawning.] Etym: [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.

 

2. To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt. One edition [of books ] spawneth another. Fuller.

 

SPAWN

SPAWN Spawn, v. i.

 

1. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.

 

2. To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.

 

SPAWN

Spawn, n. Etym: [sq. root17 . See Spawn, v. t.]

 

1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.

 

2. Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.

 

3. (Hort. )

 

Defn: The buds or branches produced from underground stems.

 

4. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi. Spawn eater (Zoöl.), a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius ) allied to the dace.

 

SPAWNER

SPAWNER Spawn "er, n.

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A mature female fish. The barbel, for the preservation or their seed, both the spawner and the milter, cover their spawn with sand. Walton.

 

2. Whatever produces spawn of any kind.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spawn

spawn |spôn spɔn | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] (of a fish, frog, mollusk, crustacean, etc. ) release or deposit eggs: the fish spawn among fine-leaved plants | [ with obj. ] : a large brood is spawned. • (be spawned ) (of a fish, frog, etc. ) be laid as eggs. 2 [ with obj. ] often derogatory (of a person ) produce (offspring ): why had she married a man who could spawn a boy like that? • [ with obj. ] produce or generate, esp. in large numbers: the decade spawned a bewildering variety of books on the forces. • [ with obj. ] Computing generate (a dependent or subordinate computer process ). ▶noun 1 the eggs of fish, frogs, etc.: the fish covers its spawn with gravel. • the process of producing spawn. 2 the product or offspring of a person or place (used to express distaste or disgust ): the spawn of chaos: demons and sorcerers. 3 the mycelium of a fungus, esp. a cultivated mushroom. DERIVATIVES spawn er noun ORIGIN late Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French espaundre ‘to shed roe, ’ variant of Old French espandre ‘pour out, ’ from Latin expandere ‘expand. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

spawn

spawn |spɔːn | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] (of a fish, frog, mollusc, crustacean, etc. ) release or deposit eggs: the fish spawn among fine-leaved plants. • (be spawned ) (of a fish, frog, etc. ) be laid as eggs. 2 [ with obj. ] often derogatory (of a person ) produce (offspring ): why had she married a man who could spawn a boy like that? • produce or generate a large number of: the decade spawned a bewildering variety of books on the forces. ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the eggs of fish, frogs, etc.: the fish covers its spawn with gravel. • the process of producing spawn. 2 chiefly derogatory the product or offspring of a person or place: the spawn of Satan. 3 the mycelium of a fungus, especially a cultivated mushroom. DERIVATIVES spawner noun ORIGIN late Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French espaundre ‘to shed roe ’, variant of Old French espandre ‘pour out ’, from Latin expandere ‘expand ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

spawn

spawn verb that one brief statement has spawned a blitz of criticism: give rise to, bring about, occasion, generate, engender, originate; lead to, result in, effect, induce, initiate, start, set off, precipitate, trigger; breed, bear; literary beget.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

spawn

spawn verb he wrote in a dry style that spawned hundreds of imitations: give rise to, bring about, occasion, generate, engender, originate, lead to, result in, effect, induce, initiate, start, set off; breed, bear, give birth to; provoke, precipitate, spark off, trigger; contribute to, make for, be conducive to, foster, promote; literary beget.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spawn

spawn /spɔːn /名詞 U 1 〖集合的に 〗(魚 カエルなどの )卵, はらこ ▸ shoot spawn 卵を産む 2 〘植 〙(キノコの )菌糸 .3 うじゃうじゃいる子供 ; 所産, 結果 .動詞 他動詞 1 〈魚 カエルなどが 〉〈卵 〉を産む .2 …を引き起こす .3 …を大量に生む [生産する ].4 …に菌糸を植え付ける .自動詞 1 〈魚 カエルなどが 〉卵を産む .2 (大量に )生まれる .