Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: double, double_over, double_up, doubled

'double'

[double.n.01] as in: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base

Examples:
he hit a double to deep centerfield

'double'

[double.n.02] as in: a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts

Examples:
his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable

'double'

[double.n.03] as in: someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)

Examples:
he could be Gingrich's double
she's the very image of her mother

'double'

[double.n.04] as in: a quantity that is twice as great as another

Examples:
36 is the double of 18

'double'

[doubling.n.02] as in: raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2

Examples:
I decided his double was a bluff

'double'

[double.v.01] as in: increase twofold

Examples:
The population doubled within 50 years

'double'

[double.v.02] as in: hit a two-base hit

'double'

[double_over.v.01] as in: bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain

Examples:
He doubled and vomited violently

'double'

[double.v.04] as in: do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions

Examples:
She doubles as his wife and secretary

'double'

[double.v.05] as in: bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)

'double'

[duplicate.v.01] as in: make or do or perform again

Examples:
He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick

'double'

[double.s.01] as in: having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; ; - R.W.Emerson;

-Frederick Harrison

Examples:
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

'double'

[double.s.02] as in: consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs

Examples:
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

'double'

[double.s.03] as in: twice as great or many

Examples:
ate a double portion
the dose is doubled
a twofold increase

'double'

[double.a.04] as in: used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements

Examples:
double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical

'double'

[bivalent.a.02] as in: used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis

'double'

[double.s.04] as in: large enough for two

Examples:
a double bed
a double room

'double'

[double.s.05] as in: having two meanings with intent to deceive

Examples:
a sly double meaning
spoke with forked tongue

'double'

[double.r.01] as in: downward and forward

Examples:
he was bent double with pain

'double'

[double.r.02] as in: two together

Examples:
some people sleep better double

'double'

[doubly.r.01] as in: to double the degree

Examples:
she was doubly rewarded
his eyes were double bright