doubled

dou·ble

D0352200 (dŭb′əl)adj.1. Twice as much in size, strength, number, or amount: a double dose.2. Composed of two like parts: double doors.3. Composed of two unlike parts; dual: a double meaning; a double role for an actor.4. Accommodating or designed for two: a double bed; a double room.5. Characterized by duplicity; deceitful: speak with a double tongue.6. Botany Having many more than the usual number of petals, usually in a crowded or an overlapping arrangement: a double chrysanthemum.n.1. Something increased twofold.2. One that closely resembles another; a duplicate.3. a. Something having two identifiable or prominent parts or members.b. Something capable of carrying, moving, or holding two people or things, as a mattress.4. a. An actor's understudy.b. An actor who takes the place of another actor in scenes requiring special skills or preparations: a stunt double; a body double.5. An apparition; a wraith.6. a. A sharp turn in a direction of movement; a reversal.b. A sharp, often devious change in position or argument; a shift.7. doubles Sports A form of a game, such as tennis or handball, having two players on each side.8. Baseball A hit enabling the batter to reach second base. Also called two-bagger, two-base hit.9. Games a. A bid in bridge indicating strength to one's partner; a request for a bid.b. A bid doubling one's opponent's bid in bridge, thus increasing the penalty for failure to fulfill the contract.c. A hand justifying such a bid.v. dou·bled, dou·bling, dou·bles v.tr.1. To make twice as great.2. To be twice as much as: doubled the score of his opponent.3. To fold in two.4. To clench (one's fist).5. To duplicate; repeat.6. To turn (an enemy spy) into a double agent.7. Baseball a. To cause the scoring of (a run) by hitting a double.b. To advance or score (a runner) by hitting a double.c. To put out (a runner) as the second part of a double play.8. Games To challenge (an opponent's bid) with a double in bridge.9. Music To duplicate (another part or voice) an octave higher or lower or in unison.10. Nautical To sail around: double a cape.v.intr.1. To be increased twofold: The debt soon doubled.2. To turn sharply or all the way around; reverse one's course: had to double back to touch the missed base.3. To serve in an additional capacity: a frying pan that doubles as a pie tin; a conductor who doubles as a pianist.4. To replace an actor in the actor's absence or in a certain scene.5. Baseball To hit a double.6. Games To announce a double in bridge.adv.1. To twice the amount or extent; doubly: paid double for the customized car.2. Two together; in pairs: sleeping double.3. In two: bent double.Phrasal Verb: double up1. To bend suddenly, as in pain or laughter.2. To share accommodations meant for one person.Idiom: on/at the double1. Immediately.2. In double time.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin duplus; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]

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doubled - twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase"twofold, two-fold, doublemultiple - having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual; "multiple birth"; "multiple ownership"; "made multiple copies of the speech"; "his multiple achievements in public life"; "her multiple personalities"; "a pineapple is a multiple fruit"