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(noun) a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; " he hit a double to deep centerfield" |
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Synonyms: two-bagger, two-base hit, two-baser |
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Related Words: base hit, bingle, line double, line-drive double, safety |
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(verb) increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years" |
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Synonyms: duplicate |
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Related Words: geminate, manifold, multiply, redouble |
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(adverb) two together; "some people sleep better double" |
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(adverb) downward and forward; "he was bent double with pain" |
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(satellite adjective) having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue" |
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Synonyms: forked |
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(verb) hit a two-base hit, in baseball |
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Related Words: hit |
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(verb) do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary" |
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Related Words: function, go, operate, run, work |
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(satellite adjective) large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room" |
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(satellite adjective) twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase" |
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Synonyms: doubled, twofold |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: dual, duple |
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(satellite adjective) 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"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison |
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Synonyms: dual, threefold, treble, twofold |
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(adjective) (botany; 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" |
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Antonyms: single |
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(noun) a quantity that is twice as great as another; "36 is the double of 18" |
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Related Words: multiple |
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(noun) someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother" |
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Synonyms: image |
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Related Words: dead ringer, human, individual, mortal, person, ringer, somebody, someone, soul |
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(noun) a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clrak Gable" |
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Synonyms: stunt man, stunt woman |
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Related Words: backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, stand-in, substitute |
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(adverb) to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright" |
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Synonyms: doubly, twice |
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(noun) raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff" |
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Synonyms: doubling |
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Related Words: raise |
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(verb) bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently" |
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Synonyms: double over, double up |
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Related Words: bend, flex |
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(adjective) (genetics) used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis |
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Synonyms: bivalent |
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(verb) make or do or perform again |
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Synonyms: duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate |
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Related Words: reduplicate, reproduce |
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