double
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- Twice as much in size, strength, number, or amount. adjective …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Composed of two like parts. adjective …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Composed of two unlike parts; dual. adjective …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Accommodating or designed for two. adjective …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Characterized by duplicity; deceitful. adjective …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Having many more than the usual number of petals, usually in a crowded or an overlapping arrangement. adjective …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Something increased twofold. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- One that closely resembles another; a duplicate. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Something having two identifiable or prominent parts or members. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Something capable of carrying, moving, or holding two people or things, as a mattress. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- An actor's understudy. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- An actor who takes the place of another actor in scenes requiring special skills or preparations. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- An apparition; a wraith. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- A sharp turn in a direction of movement; a reversal. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- A sharp, often devious change in position or argument; a shift. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- A form of a game, such as tennis or handball, having two players on each side. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- A hit enabling the batter to reach second base. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- A bid in bridge indicating strength to one's partner; a request for a bid. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- A bid doubling one's opponent's bid in bridge, thus increasing the penalty for failure to fulfill the contract. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- A hand justifying such a bid. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To make twice as great. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To be twice as much as. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To fold in two. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To clench (one's fist). intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To duplicate; repeat. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To turn (an enemy spy) into a double agent. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To cause the scoring of (a run) by hitting a double. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To advance or score (a runner) by hitting a double. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To put out (a runner) as the second part of a double play. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To challenge (an opponent's bid) with a double in bridge. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To duplicate (another part or voice) an octave higher or lower or in unison. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To sail around. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To be increased twofold. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To turn sharply or all the way around; reverse one's course. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To serve in an additional capacity. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To replace an actor in the actor's absence or in a certain scene. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To hit a double. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To announce a double in bridge. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To twice the amount or extent; doubly. adverb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Two together; in pairs. adverb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- In two. adverb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To bend suddenly, as in pain or laughter. phrasal verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To share accommodations meant for one person. phrasal verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- (on/at) Immediately. idiom …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- (on/at) In double time. idiom …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Twice; doubly. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To make double; increase, enlarge, or extend by adding an equal portion, measure, or value to: as, to
double a sum of money; to double the quantity or size of a thing; to double a task. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com) - To be the double of; contain twice the number, quantity, or measure of, or twice as much as: as, the enemy's force doubles our own. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To bring or join together or side by side, as two parts of a thing, or two things of the same kind; lay or fold one part of upon another: as, to double a shawl or a curtain: often followed by an adverb of direction or manner: as, to
double a blanket lengthwise or crosswise; to double up a file or files of soldiers, or teams of horses; to double over a leaf in a book; to double down the corner of a page. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com) - To clench, as the hand. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To repeat; duplicate: as, to
double a stroke. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com) - To pass round or by; march or sail round, so as to proceed along both sides of: as, to
double Cape Horn. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com) - In music, to add the upper or lower octave to the tones of (the melody or harmony). …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To increase to twice the sum, number, value, or measure; grow twice as great. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To turn in the opposite direction, or wind, in running. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To put on more effort or speed. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Milit., to march at the double-quick. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To play tricks; practise deception. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To elude (pursuers) by turning back in running. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- In the manufacture of spirituous liquors, to distil a second time (the low wines or weak spirit obtained in the first distillation), thus producing a liquid of in creased alcoholic strength. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- In ship-building, to cover (a surface, particularly part of a deck or of the exterior of a vessel), with two thicknesses of plating or planking. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Milit., to move with the double-quick step. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- In printing: In type-setting, to repeat words or lines through negligence. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- In presswork, to make a second impression over the first. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- In billiards, to cause an object-ball, almost invariably the first, to go to and return from a cushion, either for pocketing or for caroming. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- In base-ball, to put out two men on one play. See
double , n., 17. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com) - In printing: Same as
mackle . noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com) - In lawn-tennis, two successive faults in serving. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- In base-ball, a play in which a fielder, either alone or with assistance, puts out two runners before the ball is returned to the pitcher for delivery. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- In astronomy, two stars which seem one to the unaided eye, but which are seen separated through the telescope. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- pl. Sheet-iron plates, from 0.020 to 0.035 of an inch thick, which are ready for tinning. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Consisting of two in a set together; being a pair; coupled; composed of two equivalent or corresponding parts; twofold: as, a double leaf; a double chin. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Having a twofold character or relation;comprising two things or subjects, either like or unlike; combining two in one: as, a double office; to play a double part on the stage or in society. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Twice as much or as large (according to some standard); multiplied by two; containing the same portion or measure, as to size, strength, etc., repeated: as, a vessel having double the capacity of another; a decoction of double strength; a double bed. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Of extra weight, thickness, size, or strength:as, double ale; a double letter. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Acting in a twofold manner; diverse in manifestation; characterized by duplicity; deceitful. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- In botany, having the number of petals largely increased by a transformation of the stamens or pistils: applied to flowers. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- In entomology, geminate; being in pairs. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- In musical instruments, producing a tone an octave lower: as, a double bassoon, a double open diapason stop, etc. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Specifically, in a steam-engine, the production of both motions of the piston by the agency of live steam, applied to each face alternately, as distinguished from
single action , in which the return motion of the piston is induced by atmospheric pressure or by the weight of the parts. Seedouble-acting . …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com) - A multiple algebra in which the number of independent units is two. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A certain system of lines on a cubic surface. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A twofold quantity or size; a number, sum, value, or measure twice as great as the one taken as a standard. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A backward turn in running to escape pursuers. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Hence—3. A turn; a place where a doubling or turning is made, as by game in hunting. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A trick; a shift; an artifice to deceive. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Something precisely like another thing; a counterpart; a duplicate; an exact copy. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Hence— A person's apparition or spirit, appearing to himself or to another, as to admonish him of his approaching death; a wraith. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A fold or plait; a doubling. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Milit., a contraction of double-quick (which see). noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- In music: A variation. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A repetition of words in a song. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A turn. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- In the opera, a singer fitted to supply the place of a principal in an emergency. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- An instrument, or especially an organ-stop, sounding the octave below the usual pitch: as, to play an organ-piece with the doubles drawn (that is, with the 16-feet stops). noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- plural In change-ringing, changes on five bells: so called because two pairs of bells change places. Also called
grandsire . noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com) - A size of Tavistock roofslates, 13 × 16 inches. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Eccles., a feast on which the antiphon is doubled; a double feast. See
feast , and to double an antiphon, under double, transitive verb noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com) - In short whist, a game by which the winners score two points, their adversaries having scored only one or two to their five. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- plural In lawn-tennis, games played by two on a side: opposed to singles, played by one on a side. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- In printing, same as
doublet . noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com) - plural Thick narrow ribbons for shoestrings and the like, usually made of silk or cotton. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two. transitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; ; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by
up . transitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as. transitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion. transitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two. transitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- To return upon one's track; to turn and go back over the same ground, or in an opposite direction. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- to inclose between two fires. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- Among compositors, a doublet (see
Doublet , 2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - That which is doubled over or together; a doubling; a plait; a fold. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- 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: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute; -- used especially of a person who resembles an actor and takes the actor's place in scenes requiring special skills. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- Double beer; strong beer. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- A game between two pairs of players. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally
double . adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - the largest and lowest-toned instrument in the violin form; the contrabasso or violone. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
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Convex . adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - that species of counterpoint or composition, in which two of the parts may be inverted, by setting one of them an octave higher or lower. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- a court laid out for four players, two on each side. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- a reference mark (‡) next to the dagger (†) in order; a diesis. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- a large drum that is beaten at both ends. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- a gold coin of the United States having the value of 20 dollars. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
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Bookkeeping . adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - a floor in which binding joists support flooring joists above and ceiling joists below. See
Illust. ofDouble-framed floor . adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - See
Double , a., 4. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - a double floor having girders into which the binding joists are framed. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- a fugue on two subjects. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- A mail requiring double postage. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- a note of double the length of the semibreve; a breve. See
Breve . adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - an interval composed of two octaves, or fifteen notes, in diatonic progression; a fifteenth. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
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Pica . adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - a play by which two players are put out at the same time. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- a plea alleging several matters in answer to the declaration, where either of such matters alone would be a sufficient bar to the action. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- a point of a curve at which two branches cross each other. Conjugate or isolated points of a curve are called
double points , since they possess most of the properties ofdouble points (seeConjugate ). They are also calledacnodes , and those points where the branches of the curve really cross are calledcrunodes . The extremity of a cusp is also adouble point . adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - See Duplex querela, under
Duplex . adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - See
Refraction . adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - A molecular combination of two distinct salts, as common alum, which consists of the sulphate of aluminium, and the sulphate of potassium or ammonium. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- a low, noisy dance. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- a double standard of monetary values; i. e., a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are made legal tender. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- two stars so near to each other as to be seen separate only by means of a telescope. Such stars may be only
optically near to each other, or may bephysically connected so that they revolve round their common center of gravity, and in the latter case are called alsobinary stars. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - Same as
Double-quick . adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - a window having two sets of glazed sashes with an air space between them. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements adjective …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Twice the quantity adjective …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family adjective …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Designed for two
users . adjective …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - Folded in two; composed of two
layers . adjective …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) Stooping ; bent over. adjective …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)- Having two aspects;
ambiguous . adjective …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - False, deceitful, or
hypocritical . adjective …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - Of flowers, having more than the normal number of
petals . adjective …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - Of an
instrument , sounding anoctave lower. adjective …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - Of
time , twice as fast. adjective …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - Twice over;
twofold . adverb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - Two together; two at a time. (especially in
see double ) adverb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - Twice the number, amount, size, etc. noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A drink with two portions of alcohol noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A two-base hit noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A ghostly
apparition of a living person;doppelgänger . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own
tracks . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - A
call that increases certain scoring points if the last precedingbid becomes thecontract . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - A
strike in which theobject ball is struck so as to make it rebound against thecushion to an oppositepocket . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - A bet on two horses in different races in which any
winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race. noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - The narrow outermost
ring on adartboard . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - A
hit on this ring. noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - A
tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number ofpips ) in both sides. noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - A
double-precision floating-point number . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - Two competitions, usually one
league and onecup , won by the same team in a singleseason . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - The
feat of scoring twice in one game. noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - A former French
coin worth one-sixth of asou . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - A copper
coin worth one-eighth of apenny . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - To multiply by two verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To fold over so as to make two folds verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To get a two-base hit verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
- (sometimes followed by
up ) Toclench (afist ). verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - (often followed by
together orup ) To join orcouple . verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - To repeat exactly;
copy . verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - To play two parts or serve two
roles . verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - To turn
sharply ; following a winding course. verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - To
sail around (aheadland or otherpoint ). verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - To
duplicate (a part) either in unison or at theoctave above or below it. verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - 👉 View all 194 definitions...
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Etymology
- early 13c., from Old French doble (10c.) "double, two-fold; two-faced, deceitful," from Latin duplus "twofold, twich as much" from duo "two" (see two) + -plus "more" (see -plus). Double standard attested by 1951. Military double time (1833) originally was 130 steps per minute.1833, 1951
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- doubleChinese
- doubleFrench
- doubleItalian
- doubleGerman
- doubleRussian
- doblaOccitan
- ثنائيةArabic
- 더블Korean
- ダブルJapanese
- דאבלHebrew
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