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| n. (act) | 1. double, two-bagger, two-base hit, two-baser | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base.; "he hit a double to deep centerfield" |
| ~ base hit, safety | (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely. |
| ~ line-drive double, line double | a double resulting from a line drive. |
| n. (person) | 2. double, stunt man, stunt woman | a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts.; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable" |
| ~ backup man, fill-in, reliever, stand-in, backup, substitute, relief | someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult).; "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins" |
| n. (person) | 3. double, image, look-alike | someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor).; "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ clone, dead ringer, ringer | a person who is almost identical to another. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. double | a quantity that is twice as great as another.; "36 is the double of 18" |
| ~ multiple | the product of a quantity by an integer.; "36 is a multiple of 9" |
| n. (act) | 5. double, doubling | raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2.; "I decided his double was a bluff" |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ raise | increasing the size of a bet (as in poker).; "I'll see your raise and double it" |
| v. (change) | 6. double, duplicate | increase twofold.; "The population doubled within 50 years" |
| ~ redouble | double again.; "The noise doubled and redoubled" |
| ~ geminate | arrange or combine in pairs.; "The consonants are geminated in these words" |
| ~ manifold, multiply | combine or increase by multiplication.; "He managed to multiply his profits" |
| v. (contact) | 7. double | hit a two-base hit. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ hit | cause to move by striking.; "hit a ball" |
| v. (motion) | 8. double, double over, double up | bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain.; "He doubled and vomited violently" |
| ~ bend, flex | form a curve.; "The stick does not bend" |
| v. (contact) | 9. double | do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions.; "She doubles as his wife and secretary" |
| ~ function, operate, work, run, go | perform as expected when applied.; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" |
| v. (possession) | 10. double | bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit). |
| ~ bid, call | make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands.; "He called his trump" |
| v. (creation) | 11. double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate | make or do or perform again.; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" |
| ~ replicate, copy | reproduce or make an exact copy of.; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information" |
| ~ recapitulate | repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life. |
| ~ geminate, reduplicate | form by reduplication.; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word" |
| ~ reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of.; "reproduce the painting" |
| adj. | 12. double, dual, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold, twofold | having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities.; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"; "every episode has its double and treble meaning" |
| ~ multiple | 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" |
| adj. | 13. double, dual, duple | consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure" |
| ~ multiple | 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" |
| adj. | 14. double, doubled, two-fold, twofold | twice as great or many.; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase" |
| ~ multiple | 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" |
| adj. | 15. double | 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" |
| ~ phytology, botany | the branch of biology that studies plants. |
| adj. | 16. bivalent, double | used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis. |
| ~ genetic science, genetics | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms. |
| adj. | 17. double | large enough for two.; "a double bed"; "a double room" |
| ~ big, large | above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
| adj. | 18. double, forked | having two meanings with intent to deceive.; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue" |
| ~ ambiguous, equivocal | open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead.; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question" |
| adv. | 19. double | downward and forward.; "he was bent double with pain" |
| adv. | 20. double | two together.; "some people sleep better double" |
| adv. | 21. double, doubly, twice | to double the degree.; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright" |
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