clone

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make multiple identical copies of

   people can clone a sheep nowadays

2. 2
   noun

   A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.

   This new species is a clone of the mimosa plant.

3. 3
   noun

   A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.

   The computer manufacturer produced IBM PC clones in the 1990s.

4. 4
   noun

   A person who is exactly like or very similar to another person, in terms of looks or behavior.

   Once, on a confident whim, I approached the group of popular girls in an attempt to broaden my circle. Their ringleader took one glance at my new Aeropostale T-shirt and whispered to her clones, “Yeah, Aero's definitely out now.”

5. 5
   noun

   A Castro clone.

   Some of me is clone, but a good part of me is still disco.

6. 6
   verb

   To create a clone of.

   The scientists were able to clone a sheep.

7. 7
   noun

   an unauthorized copy or imitation

8. 8
   noun

   a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction

Etymology

Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.