clone
clone
kloƊn
klown
/kləʊn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "clone"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•ā§āϞ⧋āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻŋāύāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to create an exact genetic copy of an organism or replicate something closely
Transitive: to clone an organism
to clone definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The researchers are attempting to clone endangered species to preserve biodiversity.
āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŦ⧈āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞ⧋āύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϞ⧋āύ, āĻ•ā§āϞ⧋āύāĻŋāĻ‚

a cell or a group of cells created through a natural or artificial process from a source that they are genetically identical to
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Each clone of the plant cells was carefully monitored to ensure they grew into healthy, identical specimens.
āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āώ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞ⧋āύ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻŦ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ, āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āύāĻŽā§āύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϞ⧋āύ, āĻ…āύāύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ

an unauthorized replication of a product, design, or software
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The software company discovered a clone of its flagship program circulating on pirate websites.
āϏāĻĢāϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞ⧋āύ āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻĒāĻžāχāϰ⧇āϟ āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŦāϏāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāϞāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϞ⧋āύ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ

someone who closely resembles another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The actor was praised for playing two characters who looked like clones in the same scene.
āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āχ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϚāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•ā§āϞ⧋āύ āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞ⧋āύ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻ•āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ•ā§āϞ⧋āύ

a gay man, often from San Francisco or New York, known for exaggeratedly macho appearance and behavior
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Everyone recognized him as a clone by his muscular build and mustache.
āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻļā§€āĻŦāĻšā§āϞ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—ā§‹āρāĻĢ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞ⧋āύ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻŋāύāϤāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ