spawn

spawn
1.
(Zool.)transitive verb ablegen [Eier]; (fig.) hervorbringen
2. intransitive verb
laichen
3. noun, constr. as sing. or pl.
Laich, der
* * *
[spo:n] 1. noun
(the eggs of fish, frogs etc: In the spring, the pond is full of frog-spawn.) der Laich
2. verb
((of frogs, fish etc) to produce spawn.) laichen
* * *
spawn
[spɔ:n, AM spɑ:n]
I. vt
1. (lay eggs)
to \spawn sth fish, mollusc, frog etw ablegen
2. (fig: produce)
to \spawn sth etw hervorbringen [o produzieren]
to \spawn offshoots Ausläufer hervorbringen
3. (pej: offspring)
to \spawn sb jdn erzeugen pej
II. vi
1. frog laichen
2. (fig: grow) entstehen
III. n
<pl ->
1. no pl (eggs) Laich m
2. (liter or pej: offspring) Nachwuchs m, Brut f pej
* * *
[spɔːn]
1. n
1) (of fish, shellfish, frogs) Laich m
2) (of mushrooms) Fadengeflecht nt
2. vi
laichen
3. vt (fig)
hervorbringen, erzeugen

bad living conditions spawn crime — schlechte Wohnverhältnisse sind Brutstätten des Verbrechens

* * *
spawn [spɔːn]
A s
1. FISCH Laich m
2. BOT Myzel(fäden) n(pl)
3. fig pej Brut f, Gezücht n
B v/i
1. FISCH laichen
2. fig pej
a) sich wie Kaninchen vermehren
b) wie Pilze aus dem Boden schießen
C v/t
1. FISCH den Laich ablegen
2. pej massenweise Kinder in die Welt setzen
3. fig ausbrüten, hervorbringen
* * *
1.
(Zool.)transitive verb ablegen [Eier]; (fig.) hervorbringen
2. intransitive verb
laichen
3. noun, constr. as sing. or pl.
Laich, der
* * *
n.
Brut nur sing. f.
Laich -e m. v.
hervorbringen v.
laichen v.

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