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Adjective
  • having two meanings with intent to deceive
    • a sly double meaning
    • spoke with forked tongue
  • large enough for two
    • a double bed
    • a double room
  • used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
  • 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
  • twice as great or many
    • ate a double portion
    • the dose is doubled
    • a twofold increase
  • 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
  • having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson
    • a double (or dual) role for an actor
    • the office of a clergyman is twofold
    • every episode has its double and treble meaning-Frederick Harrison
Adverb
  • to double the degree
    • she was doubly rewarded
    • his eyes were double bright
  • two together
    • some people sleep better double
  • downward and forward
    • he was bent double with pain
Verb
  • make or do or perform again
    • He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick
  • bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
  • do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
    • She doubles as his wife and secretary
  • bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
    • He doubled and vomited violently
  • hit a two-base hit
  • increase twofold
    • The population doubled within 50 years
Noun
  • raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
    • I decided his double was a bluff
  • a quantity that is twice as great as another
    • 36 is the double of 18
  • someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
    • he could be Gingrich's double
    • she's the very image of her mother
  • a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
    • his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable
  • a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
    • he hit a double to deep centerfield
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