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Adjective double has 7 senses
  1. double, dual, twofold, treble, threefold - 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
    Antonym: single (indirect, via multiple)
  2. double, dual, duple - 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"
    Antonym: single (indirect, via multiple)
  3. double, doubled, twofold - twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase"
    Antonym: single (indirect, via multiple)
  4. double - 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"
    Antonym:     single
  5. bivalent, double - used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
  6. double - large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room"
    Antonyms:     small, little (indirect, via large, big)
    Antonyms: small, little (indirect, via large, big)
  7. double, forked - having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"
    Antonyms: unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous (indirect, via equivocal)
,Adverbial double has 3 senses
  1. double - downward and forward; "he was bent double with pain"
  2. double - two together; "some people sleep better double"
  3. doubly, double, twice - to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright"
,Noun double has 5 senses
  1. double, two-base hit, two-bagger, two-baser - a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield"
    --1 is a kind of base hit, safety, bingle
    --1 has particulars: line-drive double, line double
    Derived form: verb double2
  2. double, stunt man, stunt woman - a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable"
    --2 is a kind of stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
  3. double, image, look-alike - someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother"
    --3 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
    --3 has particulars: ringer, dead ringer, clone
  4. double - a quantity that is twice as great as another; "36 is the double of 18"
    --4 is a kind of     multiple
    Derived forms: verb double6, verb double1
  5. doubling, double - raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff"
    --5 is a kind of raise
    --5 is a part of card game, cards
    Derived form: verb double5
,Verb double has 6 senses
  1. double, duplicate - increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years"
    --1 is one way to multiply, manifold
    Derived forms: noun double4, noun doubling1, noun doubling2
    Sample sentences:
    They double their earnings this year
    Their earnings double this year
  2. double - hit a two-base hit
    --2 is one way to     hit
    Derived form: noun double1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  3. double over, double, double up - bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently"
    --3 is one way to bend, flex
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  4. double - do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary"
    --4 is one way to     function, work, operate, go, run
    Sample sentence:
    It is ----ing
  5. double - bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
    --5 is one way to     bid, call
    Derived form: noun double5
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  6. duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate - make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
    --6 is one way to reproduce
    Derived form: noun double4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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