clone

noun

/kləʊn/

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(biology) a plant or an animal that is produced naturally or artificially from the cells of another plant or animal and is therefore exactly the same as itTopics Biologyc1
(sometimes disapproving) a person or thing that seems to be an exact copy of another
- Caroline’s brothers grinned alongside her, clones of their father.
(computing) a computer that is a copy of another more expensive model
- Once they found that the PC clones were just as good, companies saved a lot.

Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Greek klōn ‘twig’.

verb

/kləʊn/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they clone	/kləʊn/ /kləʊn/
he / she / it clones	/kləʊnz/ /kləʊnz/
past simple cloned	/kləʊnd/ /kləʊnd/
past participle cloned	/kləʊnd/ /kləʊnd/
-ing form cloning	/ˈkləʊnɪŋ/ /ˈkləʊnɪŋ/

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clone something to produce an exact copy of an animal or a plant from its cells
- A team from the UK were the first to successfully clone an animal.
- Dolly, the cloned sheep
Topics Biologyc1
clone something to illegally make an electronic copy of stored information from a person’s credit card or mobile phone so that you can make payments or phone calls but the owner of the card or phone receives the bill

Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Greek klōn ‘twig’.