<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a plant or tree grown from a seed.</li><li>a tree not yet 3 feet (1 meter) high.</li><li>any young plant, especially one grown in a nursery for transplanting.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of or relating to the spawning of a character or item in a video game: the spawn rate.</li><li>a spawn point; the spawn rate.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to deposit eggs or sperm directly into the water, as fishes.</li><li>(of a character or item in a video game) to originate at a fixed point in an existing game environment: An enemy character just spawned right on top of me!</li><li>to produce (spawn).</li><li>to give birth to; give rise to: His sudden disappearance spawned many rumors.</li><li>to produce in large number.</li><li>to plant with mycelium.</li></ul>