double (
http://definr.com/double)
adj 1: 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 [syn:
dual,
twofold,
treble,
threefold]
2: 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" [syn:
dual,
duple]
3: twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is
doubled"; "a twofold increase" [syn:
doubled,
twofold]
4: (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" [ant:
single]
5: (genetics) used of homologous chromosomes associated in
pairs in synapsis [syn:
bivalent] [ant:
multivalent,
univalent]
6: large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room"
7: having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double
meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue" [syn:
forked]
n 1: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base;
" he hit a double to deep centerfield" [syn: {two-base
hit},
two-bagger,
two-baser]
2: a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his
first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable"
[syn:
stunt man,
stunt woman]
3: someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an
actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very
image of her mother" [syn:
image,
look-alike]
4: a quantity that is twice as great as another; "36 is the
double of 18"
5: raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I
decided his double was a bluff" [syn:
doubling]
adv 1: downward and forward; "he was bent double with pain"
2: two together; "some people sleep better double"
3: to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes
were double bright" [syn:
doubly,
twice]
v 1: increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years"
[syn:
duplicate]
2: hit a two-base hit, in baseball
3: bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He
doubled and vomited violently" [syn:
double over, {double
up}]
4: do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions;
"She doubles as his wife and secretary"
5: make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his
brilliant performance of the magic trick" [syn:
duplicate,
reduplicate,
repeat,
replicate]