offspring : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: offspring	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for offspring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
offspring n the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue" Synonym(s): offspring, progeny, issue something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts" Synonym(s): offspring, materialization, materialisation any immature animal Synonym(s): young, offspring
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Offspring \Off"spring`\, n.sing. & pl. [Off + spring.] 1. The act of production; generation. [Obs.] 2. That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock. To the gods alone Our future offspring and our wives are known. --Dryden. 3. Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.] --Fairfax.