(of a fish, frog, mollusc, crustacean, etc.) release or deposit eggs

the fish spawn among fine-leaved plants

(of a person) produce (offspring)

why had she married a man who could spawn a boy like that?

the eggs of fish, frogs, etc.

the fish covers its spawn with gravel

the product or offspring of a person or place

the spawn of Satan

the mycelium of a fungus, especially a cultivated mushroom

a supplier of spawn for shiitake mushrooms