[spɔːn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a fish, frog, mollusc, crustacean, etc.) release or deposit eggs
(e.g: the fish spawn among fine-leaved plants)

- (of a person) produce (offspring)
(e.g: why had she married a man who could spawn a boy like that?)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French espaundre ‘to shed roe’, variant of Old French espandre ‘pour out’, from Latin expandere ‘expand’

[spɔːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the eggs of fish, frogs, etc.
(e.g: the fish covers its spawn with gravel)

- the product or offspring of a person or place
(e.g: the spawn of Satan)

- the mycelium of a fungus, especially a cultivated mushroom
(e.g: a supplier of spawn for shiitake mushrooms)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French espaundre ‘to shed roe’, variant of Old French espandre ‘pour out’, from Latin expandere ‘expand’