Word of the day: Spawn

Spawn

verb -- [ intrans. ] (of a fish, frog, mollusk, crustacean, etc.) release or deposit eggs : the fish spawn among fine-leaved plants |
[ trans. ] a large brood is spawned. • ( be spawned) (of a fish, frog, etc.) be laid as eggs.

[ trans. ] (of a person) produce (offspring, typically offspring regarded as undesirable) : why had she married a man who could spawn a boy like that?

[ trans. ] produce or generate, esp. in large numbers : the decade spawned a bewildering variety of books on the forces. • Computing

[ trans. ] generate (a dependent or subordinate computer process) : from time to time it spawns two copies of the ip-up program, other times only one.

noun -- the eggs of fish, frogs, etc. : the fish covers its spawn with gravel. • the process of producing such eggs. • the product or offspring of a person or place (used to express distaste or disgust) : the spawn of chaos: demons and sorcerers. • the mycelium of a fungus, esp. a cultivated mushroom.

DERIVATIVES spawner noun