Meaning

• To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

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

• To bring forth in general.

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

• To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.

• To plant with fungal spawn.

• To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.

• To reproduce, especially in large numbers.

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