To produce or lay (eggs): said of a female fish, and by extension of other animals; hence, to generate. It is sometimes applied, in contempt, to human beings.To produce or lay eggs of the kinds called spawn, as a fish, frog, mollusk, or crustacean; by extension, to produce offspring: said of other animals, and, in contempt, of human beings.To issue, as the eggs or young of a fish: by extension applied to other animals, and to human beings, in contempt.n. The eggs or ova of various oviparous animals, as amphibians, fishes, mollusks, crustaceans, etc., when small and numerous, or extruded in more or less coherent masses; female roe.n. The spat of the oyster, from the time of the discharge of the egg until the shell is visible and the creature has become attached.n. Offspring of fish; very small fish; fry.n. Offspring in general; a swarming brood: applied, mostly in contempt, to human beings.n. In botany, the mycelium of fungi; the white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi are produced.Containing spawn; spawning, or about to spawn; ripe, as a fish.