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English to English adjective
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used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements |  | Example: double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical
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used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis | | source: wordnet30
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Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities | | Example: 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
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consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs | | Example: 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
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twice as great or many | | Example: ate a double portion
the dose is doubled
a twofold increase
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large enough for two | | Example: a double bed
a double room
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having two meanings with intent to deceive | | Example: a sly double meaning
spoke with forked tongue
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downward and forward | | Example: he was bent double with pain
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two together | | Example: some people sleep better double
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to double the degree | | Example: she was doubly rewarded
his eyes were double bright
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Twice; doubly. | | source: webster1913 noun
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a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base | | Example: he hit a double to deep centerfield
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a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts | | Example: his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable
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someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) | | Example: he could be Gingrich's double
she's the very image of her mother
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a quantity that is twice as great as another | | Example: 36 is the double of 18
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raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 | | Example: I decided his double was a bluff
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Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like. | | source: webster1913
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A person or thing that is the counterpart of another; a duplicate; copy; (Obs.) transcript; -- now chiefly used of persons. Hence, a wraith. | | source: webster1913 verb
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increase twofold | | Example: The population doubled within 50 years
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hit a two-base hit | | source: wordnet30
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bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain | | Example: He doubled and vomited violently
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do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions | | Example: She doubles as his wife and secretary
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bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit) | | source: wordnet30
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make or do or perform again | | Example: He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much. | | source: webster1913
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