The eggs of fish, frogs, etc., when they are laid. The pond was filled with frog spawn in the spring.
The product or offspring of a person or place, often used in a derogatory sense. The new policy was seen as the spawn of bureaucratic inefficiency.
The mycelium of mushrooms or other fungi, used for propagation. The gardener used mushroom spawn to cultivate a new crop in the greenhouse.
In video games, the place, time, or instance at which a character, object, or enemy appears or reappears in the game world. The players rushed the enemy spawn to prevent them from regrouping.
The act or process of releasing or depositing eggs, especially by fish or amphibians; the spawning season. Warmer water temperatures can delay the spawn of bass in the lake.