A Quick and Simple Dictionary

spawn

1. Verb.  (transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
2. Verb.  (transitive) To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.
3. Verb.  (transitive) To bring forth in general.
4. Verb.  (transitive) To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
5. Verb.  (transitive) To plant with fungal spawn.
6. Verb.  (intransitive) To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
7. Verb.  (intransitive) To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
8. Verb.  (intransitive, video games) (of a character or object) To appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time.
9. Noun.  The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.
10. Noun.  Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.
11. Noun.  (by extension) Any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring.
12. Noun.  (video games) The location in a game where characters or objects spontaneously appear.