English to English
double
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adjective (a)
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements(adj.all)Example:
Double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical.
source: wordnet30 - used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis(adj.all)source: wordnet30
- Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base(noun.act)Example:
He hit a double to deep centerfield.
source: wordnet30 - a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts(noun.person)Example:
His first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable.
source: wordnet30 - someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)(noun.person)Example:
He could be Gingrich's double.
source: wordnet30 - a quantity that is twice as great as another(noun.cognition)Example:
36 is the double of 18.
source: wordnet30 - raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2(noun.act)Example:
I decided his double was a bluff.
source: wordnet30 - Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like.(noun)source: webster1913
- A person or thing that is the counterpart of another; a duplicate; copy; (Obs.) transcript; -- now chiefly used of persons. Hence, a wraith.(noun)source: webster1913
adverb (r)
- downward and forward(adv.all)Example:
He was bent double with pain.
source: wordnet30 - two together(adv.all)Example:
Some people sleep better double.
source: wordnet30 - Twice; doubly.(adverb)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- large enough for two(adj.all)Example:
A double bed.
A double room.
source: wordnet30 - having two meanings with intent to deceive(adj.all)Example:
A sly double meaning.
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verb (v)
- increase twofold(verb.change)Example:
The population doubled within 50 years.
source: wordnet30 - hit a two-base hit(verb.contact)source: wordnet30
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain(verb.motion)Example:
He doubled and vomited violently.
source: wordnet30 - do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions(verb.contact)Example:
She doubles as his wife and secretary.
source: wordnet30 - bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)(verb.possession)source: wordnet30
- make or do or perform again(verb.creation)source: wordnet30
- To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; as, to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length.(verb)source: webster1913
- To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much.(verb)source: webster1913