spawn
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verb
1. no object (of a fish, frog, mollusk, crustacean, etc.) release or deposit eggs:
〈魚･カエルなどが〉卵を産む
e.g. the fish spawn among fine-leaved plants
〈魚･カエルなどが〉〈卵〉を産む
e.g. with object : a large brood is spawned.
(be spawned) (of a fish, frog, etc.) be laid as eggs.
(of a character or object in a video game) appear at a certain point in the game:
e.g. then they enter the undead land where defenders will spawn to fight against them
e.g. with object : players can spawn a ghost ship to confuse foes.
2. with object often derogatory (of a person) produce (offspring):
e.g. why had she married a man who could spawn a boy like that?
with object produce or generate, especially in large numbers:
(大量に)生む
e.g. the decade spawned a bewildering variety of books on the forces.
with object Computing generate (a dependent or subordinate computer process).
noun
1. the eggs of fish, frogs, etc.:
〖集合的に〗(魚･カエルなどの)卵, はらこ
e.g. the fish covers its spawn with gravel.
the process of producing spawn.
2. chiefly derogatory the product or offspring of a person or place (used to express distaste or disgust):
うじゃうじゃいる子供; 所産, 結果
e.g. the spawn of chaos:
e.g. demons and sorcerers.
3. the mycelium of a fungus, especially a cultivated mushroom.
〘植〙 (キノコの)菌糸
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’.