double - noun

a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base

a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts

someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)

a quantity that is twice as great as another

raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2

double - verb

• increase twofold
• hit a two-base hit
• bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
• do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
• bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
• make or do or perform again

double - adjective

• used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
• used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
• having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
• consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
• twice as great or many
• large enough for two
• having two meanings with intent to deceive

double - adverb

• downward and forward
• two together
• to double the degree

double - thesaurus

bivalent   doubled   doubling   doubly   dual   duple   duplicate   forked   image   reduplicate   repeat   replicate   threefold   treble   twice   twofold