clone

The definition of a clone is a copy of something, or an organism or cell that has the same genetic makeup as another.

(noun)

When someone makes a knock-off copy of an iPhone, this is an example of an iPhone clone.
When scientists make a genetic copy of a sheep, this is an example of a clone.

To clone is to make a copy of something or to replicate the DNA of something.

(verb)

When a scientist produces a genetic copy of a sheep, this is an example of when the scientist clones the sheep.

See clone in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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noun

Biol. all the descendants derived asexually from a single individual, as by cuttings, bulbs, etc. or by fission, parthenogenesis, etc.
an individual produced by cloning
Informal a person or thing very much like another
Comput. a hardware or software product, esp. a personal computer, designed to function like an original, typically higher-priced, product from another manufacturer

Origin: < Gr klōn, a twig < klan, to break: see clastic

transitive verb cloned, cloning

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See clone in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A cell, group of cells, or organism that is descended from and genetically identical to a single common ancestor, such as a bacterial colony whose members arose from a single original cell.
An organism descended asexually from a single ancestor, such as a plant produced by layering or a polyp produced by budding.
A DNA sequence, such as a gene, that is transferred from one organism to another and replicated by genetic engineering techniques.
One that copies or closely resembles another, as in appearance or function: “filled with business-school clones in gray and blue suits” (Michael M. Thomas).

verb cloned cloned, clon·ing, clones

verb, transitive

To make multiple identical copies of (a DNA sequence).
To create or propagate (an organism) from a clone cell: clone a sheep.
To reproduce or propagate asexually: clone a plant variety.
To produce a copy of; imitate closely: “The look has been cloned into cliché” (Cathleen McGuigan).

verb, intransitive

To grow as a clone.

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Origin: Greek klōn, twig

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