spawn
spawn.01 - to produce in large numbers, to give rise to
SPAWN-V NOTES: Based on sentences in WSJ. Member of VNcls engender-27, calve-28. (from spawn.01-v)Aliases:
spawn (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-CAU: causer
ARG1-PPT: thing spawned
ARG1-PPT: thing spawned
transitive
Last year 's appeals court decisionARG0
, for instanceARGM-DIS
, spawnedrel
several suits , reportedly including a recent action by the heirs of singer Bobby Darin against McDonald 's Corp. over its `` Mac Tonight '' TV commercials , a rough parody of Mr. Darin 's `` Mack the Knife '' trademarkARG1
.