Reproducing - English meaning

verb

(of animals) mate and then produce offspring.

Usage examples:

Toads are said to return to the pond of their birth to breed

noun

A stock of animals or plants within a species having a distinctive appearance and typically having been developed by deliberate selection.

Usage examples:

The big continental breeds are eagerly being imported by british farmers

noun

A particular type of animal or plant

Usage examples:

The different breeds of dogs, authentic blues singers are a dying breed (= there are not many of th…

noun

An organism or cell, or group of organisms or cells, produced asexually from one ancestor or stock, to which they are genetically identical.

Usage examples:

Vines representing all the 15 existing clones were planted

verb

Propagate (an organism or cell) as a clone.

Usage examples:

Of the hundreds of new plants cloned the best ones are selected

noun

A cell or organism that has the exact same chemical patterns in its cells as the original from which it was artificially produced

noun

A thing made to be similar or identical to another.

Usage examples:

The problem is telling which is the original document and which the copy

verb

Make a similar or identical version of; reproduce.

Usage examples:

Each form had to be copied and sent to a different department

verb

To produce something that is exactly like another thing, or to do something meant to be like someone or something else

Usage examples:

The design was copied from a 19th-century wallpaper., he copied the file onto a diskette., she writ…

adjective

Made in exact imitation of something valuable with the intention to deceive or defraud.

Usage examples:

Counterfeit £10 notes

noun

A fraudulent imitation of something else.

Usage examples:

He knew the tapes to be counterfeits

verb

Imitate fraudulently.

Usage examples:

My signature is extremely hard to counterfeit

adjective

Exactly like something else, especially through having been copied.

Usage examples:

A duplicate set of keys

noun

One of two or more identical things.

Usage examples:

Books may be disposed of if they are duplicates

verb

Short for duplicate bridge.

verb

Make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it.

Usage examples:

He forged a great suit of black armour

noun

A blacksmith's workshop; a smithy.

Usage examples:

Culm was the material most widely used in the forges by blacksmiths and large quantities of the sub…

verb

Move forward gradually or steadily.

Usage examples:

He forged through the crowded streets

verb

Become or make greater in size, amount, or degree.

Usage examples:

Car use is increasing at an alarming rate

noun

A rise in the size, amount, or degree of something.

Usage examples:

An increase of 28.3 per cent

verb

A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous

noun

Short for mimeograph.

noun

A duplicating machine which produces copies from a stencil, now superseded by the photocopier.

Usage examples:

When e. joyce matheny produced church bulletins, she brought them to life the old-fashioned way: wi…

verb

Make a copy of (a document) with a mimeograph.

Usage examples:

A mimeographed letter

noun

A machine that produces copies of a document using a stencil (= a piece of plastic or metal into which shapes have been cut, through which ink is forced)

Usage examples:

If we needed to copy a document, we usually used a mimeograph or carbon paper., what happened to th…

verb

Obtain from (a number) another which contains the first number a specified number of times.

Usage examples:

Multiply fourteen by nineteen

adverb

In several different ways or respects.

Usage examples:

Multiply injured patients

verb

To add a number to itself a particular number of times

Usage examples:

[ t ] if you multiply 7 by 15 you get 105., [ i ] the viruses multiply within the body.

noun

A photographic copy of printed or written material produced by a process involving the action of light on a specially prepared surface.

Usage examples:

The library provided 6,866 photographs and 51,211 photocopies of the material to its readers.

verb

Make a photocopy of.

Usage examples:

You can photocopy the entry form

noun

A copy of a document made on a photocopier

noun

A type of machine for making photocopies on special paper.

Usage examples:

What appeared to be the ink drum of a broken photostat machine rolled across the floor and glass cr…

verb

Copy (a document) with a photostat.

Usage examples:

He refused to let me photostat the book

noun

A machine used especially in the past to make photographic copies of documents, or a copy made by such a machine

Usage examples:

We like to photostat any useful pieces and circulate them to all the interested groups., it took us…

verb

Produce (books, newspapers, etc.), especially in large quantities, by a mechanical process involving the transfer of text or designs to paper.

Usage examples:

A thousand copies of the book were printed

noun

The text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication, especially with reference to its size, form, or style.

Usage examples:

She forced herself to concentrate on the tiny print

verb

The text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

verb

(of people or animals) produce young; reproduce.

Usage examples:

Species that procreate by copulation

verb

To reproduce sexually

verb

Increase rapidly in number; multiply.

Usage examples:

The science fiction magazines which proliferated in the 1920s

verb

To increase greatly in number or amount, usually quickly

Usage examples:

Amusement and theme parks are proliferating across the country., the proliferation of cell phones h…

verb

Breed specimens of (a plant or animal) by natural processes from the parent stock.

Usage examples:

Try propagating your own houseplants from cuttings

verb

To produce a new plant from a parent plant, or of a plant or animal to reproduce

verb

Make an exact copy of; reproduce.

Usage examples:

It might be impractical to replicate eastern culture in the west

adjective

Of the nature of a copy.

Usage examples:

A replicate earth

noun

A close or exact copy; a replica.

Usage examples:

Young reptiles should not be considered merely small replicates of adults

verb

(of a fish, frog, mollusc, crustacean, etc.) release or deposit eggs.

Usage examples:

The fish spawn among fine-leaved plants

noun

The eggs of fish, frogs, etc.

Usage examples:

The fish covers its spawn with gravel

verb

Put (thoughts, speech, or data) into written or printed form.

Usage examples:

Each interview was taped and transcribed

verb

Write out, as from speech or notes

verb

To make a complete written record of spoken or written words

Usage examples:

Only an expert could transcribe my notes so well.

noun

A xerographic copying process.

Usage examples:

Printing methods include acrylic printing and colour xerox

verb

Copy (a document) by the xerox process.

Usage examples:

I shall have the typescript xeroxed today

noun

A copy of a document or other piece of paper with writing or printing on it made by a machine that uses a process similar to that for making photographs

Usage examples:

I can give you a xerox of the letter if you like., would you xerox six copies of the report, please?