Spawn | Mean of spawn in English Dictionary

/ˈspɑːn/

• Verb
• to produce or lay eggs in water
1. Salmon spawn in late summer or fall.
• to cause (something) to develop or begin
1. The health-food craze spawned a multimillion-dollar industry.
2. the incident that spawned a generation of student protests
3. a TV show that spawned a host of imitations
• Noun
• the eggs of a fish or frog
1. Pacific salmon return to Alaskan streams to deposit their spawn.