spawn

Spawn is to give birth to or produce.

(verb)

An example of spawn is when you have a child.

Spawn is defined as the offspring of a person or animal.

(noun)

An example of spawn is a person's children.

See spawn in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to produce or deposit (eggs, sperm, or young)
to bring forth or be the source of (esp. something regarded with contempt and produced in great numbers)
Hort. to plant with spawn, or mycelium

Origin: ME spaunnen (for *spaunden) < Anglo-Fr espaundre < OFr espandre, to shed < L expandere: see expand

noun

the mass of eggs or young produced by fish, mollusks, crustaceans, amphibians, etc.
something produced, esp. in great quantity; specif., numerous offspring or progeny: usually contemptuous
the mycelium of fungi, esp. of mushrooms grown to be eaten

See spawn in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The eggs of aquatic animals such as bivalve mollusks, fishes, and amphibians.
Offspring occurring in numbers; brood.
A person who is the issue of a parent or family.
The source of something; a germ or seed.
A product or an outcome.
Mycelia of mushrooms or other fungi grown in specially prepared organic matter for planting in beds.

verb spawned, spawn·ing, spawns

verb, intransitive