to double

Definition of to double in English English dictionary: geminate; (sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist); To repeat exactly; copy; A drink with two portions of alcohol
On second thought, make that a double.; The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard; Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family
He's my double cousin as my mother's sister married my father's brother.; To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it; Short form of double-precision floating-point number
The sin() function returns a double.; To sail around (a headland or other point)
though the island itself was not very large...I found a great ledge of rocks lie out about two leagues into the sea...so that I was obliged to go a great way out to sea to double the point.; Folded in two; composed of two layers; A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks; To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size
Our earnings have doubled in the last year.; Having two aspects; ambiguous
a double meaning.; To go or march at twice the normal speed; To fold over so as to make two folds
To make a pleat, double the material at the waist.; A hit on this ring; Twice over; twofold; Twice the number, amount, size, etc; Two together; two at a time. (especially in see double); (often followed by together or up) To join or couple; To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument); The feat of scoring twice in one game; Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season; (foll. by for) To act as substitute; To multiply the strength or effect of by two
Sorry, this store does not double coupons.
doublé: A compound attack that deceives the opponent's attempted circular parry
double: {v} to make double, fold, pass round, increase, play tricks, wind in running, repeat
double: {n} twice the quantity or number, a turn
double: {a} twofold, twice as much, deceitful
double: {a} twofold
Double: dual
Double: duple
double: If you are bent double, the top half of your body is bent downwards so that your head is close to your knees. Pickers are bent double, plucking each flower with lightning speed
double: You use double before a singular noun to refer to two things of the same type that occur together, or that are connected in some way. an extremely nasty double murder
double: You use double to describe something which is twice the normal size or can hold twice the normal quantity of something. a double helping of ice cream. a large double garage
double: bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently"
double: increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years"
double: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield" a quantity that is twice as great as another; "36 is the double of 18" someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother" a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable" increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years" hit a two-base hit do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary" bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit) having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue" large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room" twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase" 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" 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
double: An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites
double: An option either to buy or sell an instrument or currency at a specified price The exercise of the right to sell causes the right to buy to expire and vice versa
double: To join or couple
double: transcript; now chiefly used of persons
double: (1) An actor who plays more than one role is said to "double" in the second and following roles Ordinarily the actor will seek, through a costume change, to disguise the fact of the doubling; occasionally, however, a production with a theatricalist staging may make it clear that the actor doubles in many roles (2) To Antonin Artaud, the life that drama reflects, as discussed in his book The Theatre and Its Double See also theatre of cruelty
double: large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room"
double: A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket
double: two together; "some people sleep better double"
double: Made up of two matching or complementary elements
double: A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
double: You use double to describe a drink that is twice the normal measure. He was drinking his double whiskey too fast and scowling. Double is also a noun. Give me a whisky, a double
double: Double beer; strong beer
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
double: To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; as, to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length
double: {i} twofold amount; stunt actor, stand-in; sharp turn
double: The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double
double: in epee, two attacks that arrive within 40-50 ms of each other
double: A call over an opponent's bid increasing the scoring value of fulfilled or defeated contracts (see Law 19 and Law 77)
double: To clench (a fist)
double: A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles
double: 1 one of the Java data type used to hold numbers with fractional parts (floating point numbers), another is float - in Java an double uses 64 bits of computer memory
double: Designed for two users
double: Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower
double: hit a two-base hit do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary"
double: In C++, this is a data type for storing numbers with decimal digits It often, though not always, has a higher precision than the float data type
double: A ghostly apparition of a living person; doppelgänger
double: To multiply by two
double: If you refer to someone as a person's double, you mean that they look exactly like them. Your mother sees you as her double
double: {s} composed of two parts or items; twofold; coupled, paired; folded
double: A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race
double: to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright"
double: To return upon one's track; to turn and go back over the same ground, or in an opposite direction