Meaning

1 senses
  1. To create a clone of.

    The scientists were able to clone a sheep.

    We cloned the database to perform some testing.

    klonen

    клони́роватьklonírovatʹ

More definitions
  • make multiple identical copies of

Examples

65 sentences
  1. What do you know about cloning?

    ruЧто ты знаешь о клонировании? — marafon

  2. I'd rather not eat the meat from an animal that was cloned.

    ruЯ бы не хотел есть мясо клонированного животного. — Ooneykcall

    deIch würde lieber kein Fleisch von einem geklonten Tier essen. — Manfredo

  3. I'm not a clone.

    ruЯ не клон. — marafon

    deIch bin kein Klon. — Waldelfe

  4. The animal was cloned.

    Тварину було клоновано. — deniko

    ruЖивотное было клонировано. — Wezel

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  5. Clones don't have feelings.

    У клонів немає почуттів. — deniko

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
create a clone:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
create a clone:

Origin

Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use fro

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

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Forms

clones, cloning, cloned, cloned
Base formclone · to clone
3rd person singularclones
Present participlecloning
Past simplecloned
Past participlecloned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyclone
he, she, itclones

Past simpleLesson

all personscloned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cloned
he, she, ithas cloned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill clone

Word family

1 related words
Derivedreclone

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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