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- n a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
he hit a double to deep centerfield - n a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable - n someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
he could be Gingrich's double - n a quantity that is twice as great as another
36 is the double of 18 - n raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
I decided his double was a bluff - v increase twofold
The population doubled within 50 years - v hit a two-base hit
- v bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
He doubled and vomited violently - v do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
She doubles as his wife and secretary - v bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
- v make or do or perform again
- s having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson
a double (or dual) role for an actor
every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison - s consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
an egg with a double yolk
a double (binary) star
double doors
duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure - s twice as great or many
ate a double portion
the dose is doubled - a 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 - a used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- s large enough for two
a double bed
a double room - s having two meanings with intent to deceive
a sly double meaning - r downward and forward
he was bent double with pain - r two together
some people sleep better double - r to double the degree
his eyes were double bright
- If the double tax on Social Security were eliminated, Michael Kasprzak and Betty Williams would save $1600.
- And that structure a "double helix" that can "unzip" to make copies of itself confirmed suspicions that DNA carries life's hereditary information.
- So while their double-helix model seemed to make biochemical sense and agreed with what was already known, a wiser man might have toned down his rhetoric.