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