Meaning : A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base.
Example :
He hit a double to deep centerfield.
Synonyms : two-bagger, two-base hit, two-baser
Meaning : A stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts.
Example :
His first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable.
Synonyms : stunt man, stunt woman
Meaning : 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.
Synonyms : image, look-alike
Meaning : A quantity that is twice as great as another.
Example :
36 is the double of 18.
Meaning : Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2.
Example :
I decided his double was a bluff.
Synonyms : doubling
Meaning : 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.
Synonyms : dual, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold, twofold
Meaning : 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.
Used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals.
Single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals.Meaning : Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis.
Synonyms : bivalent
Used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis.
multivalentUsed of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis.
A univalent chromosome.Meaning : Large enough for two.
Example :
A double bed.
A double room.
Meaning : Having two meanings with intent to deceive.
Example :
A sly double meaning.
Spoke with forked tongue.
Synonyms : forked
Meaning : Hit a two-base hit.
Meaning : Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain.
Example :
He doubled and vomited violently.
Synonyms : double over, double up
Meaning : Do double duty. Serve two purposes or have two functions.
Example :
She doubles as his wife and secretary.
Meaning : Bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit).
Meaning : Make or do or perform again.
Example :
He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick.
Synonyms : duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate