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Verb: double dúbul- Increase twofold
"The population doubled within 50 years"
- duplicate - Hit a two-base hit
- Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
"He doubled and vomited violently"
- double over, double up - Do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
"She doubles as his wife and secretary" - Bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
- Make or do or perform again
- duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate
Noun: double dúbul- A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
"he hit a double to deep centerfield"
- two-base hit, two-bagger, two-baser - A stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
"his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable"
- stunt man, stunt woman - Someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
"he could be Gingrich's double"
- image, look-alike - A quantity that is twice as great as another
"36 is the double of 18" - Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
"I decided his double was a bluff"
- doubling
Adjective: double dúbul- Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
"a double role for an actor"; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"
- dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-fold - Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
"an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure"
- dual, duple - Twice as great or many
"ate a double portion"
- doubled, twofold, two-fold - Used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
"double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical" - Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- bivalent - Large enough for two
"a double bed"; "a double room" - Having two meanings with intent to deceive
"a sly double meaning"
- forked
Adverb: double dúbul- Downward and forward
"he was bent double with pain" - Two together
"some people sleep better double" - To double the degree
"his eyes were double bright"
- doubly, twice
Derived forms: doubled, doubling, doubles See also: ambiguous, big, double up, doubling, equivocal, large, multiple, valence, valency Type of: backup, backup man, base hit, bend, bid, call, fill-in, flex, function, go, hit, individual, manifold, mortal, multiple, multiply, operate, person, raise, relief, reliever, reproduce, run, safety, somebody, someone, soul, stand-in, substitute, work Antonym: single Part of: card game, cards Encyclopedia: Double, Double Double Double, Double, Boy in Trouble Double, Triple, and Quadruple Eagles Double, Double, Toil and Trouble |