Learning word "spawn"

VERB

• 1no object (of a fish, frog, mollusc, crustacean, etc.) release or deposit eggs.

• ‘The fish were spawning so the rivers were well stocked.’
• ‘August is a good time to watch coral spawning.’

1.1be spawned(of a fish, frog, etc.) be laid as eggs.

‘the fish can locate the precise stream in which they were spawned’

1.2 (of a character or object in a video game) appear at a certain point in the game.

with object ‘players can spawn a ghost ship to confuse foes’

• ‘Just before logging out, I noticed a level 60 Mage without a guild tag pulling newly spawned dwarves from the camp.’
• ‘This time around you'll be fighting several variations of soldiers, including one that shoots lightning bolts all over the battlefield that somehow spawns new enemies.’
• ‘You run through a tunnel, and come out in another, much smaller arena, with three massive tanks that spawn killer robots/aliens.’
• ‘He spawned clones of each party member that — if not quickly killed — would explode and deal 50,000 damage to the party.’
• ‘If you see your team is mounting a heavy assault on an enemy base, spawn as infantry and rush in.’
• ‘Some slain foes drop flags that can be adjusted to spawn warriors of their faction type at timed intervals.’
• ‘These hard core rifts spawn waves of enemies that eventually culminate into a titanic boss, and anyone in the vicinity can jump into the fight.’
• ‘Encounters are triggered by locating magic portals, which spawn monsters and an occasional treasure chest.’
• ‘The original game had a so-called 'co-operative' mode that was nothing more than spawning human players in one area and having them defeat wave upon wave of aliens.’
• ‘This provides the recently spawned player with a brief respite to get orientated with his or her surroundings.’

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NOUN

mass noun

• 1The eggs of fish, frogs, etc.

  ‘the fish covers its spawn with gravel’

  1. 1.1 The process of producing spawn.
     ‘lax regulations, especially during the spawn, are responsible for the declining populations’

• 2derogatory The product or offspring of a person or place.

  ‘the spawn of Satan’

  • ‘He was, without a doubt, the devil's evil spawn, sent down to earth to mess up the lives of innocent and simple girls.’
  • ‘There was a flash of color in the demon spawn's cheeks.’