clone

Plural: clones

Noun

• a person who is almost identical to another
• a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction
• an unauthorized copy or imitation
• A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
• A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.
• A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
• A person who is exactly like or very similar to another person, in terms of looks or behavior.
• A Castro clone.

Verb

Verb Forms: cloned, cloning, clones

• To produce an identical copy of an organism or cell.
• make multiple identical copies of
  • "people can clone a sheep nowadays"
• To create a clone of.

Examples

• If I could CLONE my winning Words With Friends strategy, I’d never lose.
• The computer manufacturer produced IBM PC clones in the 1990s.
• The scientists were able to clone a sheep.
• We cloned the database to perform some testing.

Synonyms

clon, dead ringer, knockoff, ringer

Anagrams of clone