English Dictionary

spawn

IPA（発音記号）

/spɔːn/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 作格 中性形

(transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water. / (transitive) To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers. / (transitive) To bring forth in general.

日本語の意味

水中に卵を産む / 非哺乳類の生物などを多数生成・産出する / 何かを産み出す、創出する

The salmon spawn their eggs in the gravel beds upstream.

サケは上流の砂利の底に卵を産みつける。

意味（1）

(transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

意味（2）

(transitive) To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.

意味（3）

(transitive) To bring forth in general.

The Web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.

意味（4）

(transitive) To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.

意味（5）

(transitive) To plant with fungal spawn.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.

Alewives are anadromous fish: Born in freshwater, they spend their lives in the ocean, returning annually to their birthplaces to spawn.

意味（7）

(intransitive) To reproduce, especially in large numbers.

意味（8）

(ergative, video games, of a character or object) (To cause) to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time.

spawns （ present singular third-person ）

spawning （ participle present ）

spawned （ participle past ）

spawned （ past ）