redouble make twice as great or intense; "The screaming redoubled"
geminate arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words"
double -
hit a two-base hit
hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
baseball game,
baseball a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
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bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
bid,
call ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
double -
do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary"
function,
operate,
work,
go,
run perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
double -
make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
reproduce have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate"
replicate,
copy reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information"
recapitulate summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"
reduplicate,
geminate form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"
double -
bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently"
flex,
bend cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
Adjective
double -
twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase"
multiple having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual; "multiple birth"; "multiple ownership"; "made multiple copies of the speech"; "his multiple achievements in public life"; "her multiple personalities"; "a pineapple is a multiple fruit"
double -
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"
multiple having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual; "multiple birth"; "multiple ownership"; "made multiple copies of the speech"; "his multiple achievements in public life"; "her multiple personalities"; "a pineapple is a multiple fruit"
double -
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"
double -
large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room"
double -
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
