clone

Pronunciation

• enPR: klōn, IPA ^(key): /kloʊn/

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Noun

Singular clone

Plural clones

1. (biology) A clone is a living being produced from another being that is genetically identical to the first being.

   Ewe Dolly is known to be the first man-made clone.

   All these cells are clones of a first cell that has divided.

2. (informal) A clone is a copy or imitation of something, living or not.

   This counterfeiter has a lot of talent : the painting he has made is a perfect clone of the original one.

Verb

Plain form clone

Third-person singular clones

Past tense cloned

Past participle cloned

Present participle cloning

1. (biology) To clone is to make an identical copy of something, especially a living being.

   Cells usually reproduce by cloning themselves.

   It is considered morally unacceptable to clone human beings.