Synonyms for clone


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : klohn
Phonetic Transcription : kloÊŠn


Définition of clone

Origin :
  • 1903, in botany, from Greek klon "a twig, spray," related to klados "sprout, young branch, offshoot of a plant," possibly from PIE root *kel- "to strike, cut" (see holt). Figurative use by 1978.
  • noun exact duplicate
  • verb copy exactly
Example sentences :
  • "I have not," said Betty, blushing rosy red (though she could not have told why) under her aunt's clone scrutiny.
  • Extract from : « An Unwilling Maid » by Jeanie Gould Lincoln
  • Whatever other injury was or was not clone, his appetite, at least, felt considerably reduced.
  • Extract from : « Colin Clink, Volume I (of III) » by Charles Hooton
  • If it had not been for you and your sweet sister, I do not know what we should have clone; but it 's all over now.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Antonyms for clone

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