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Noun doubling has 2 senses
- doubling - increase by a factor of two; "doubling with a computer took no time at all"
--1 is a kind of multiplication
- doubling, double - raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff"
--2 is a kind of raise
--2 is a part of card game, cards
Verb double has 6 senses
- double, duplicate - increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years"
--1 is one way to multiply, manifold
Sample sentences:
They double their earnings this year
Their earnings double this year
- double - hit a two-base hit
--2 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- double over, double, double up - bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently"
--3 is one way to bend, flex
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Somebody ----s
- double - do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary"
--4 is one way to function, work, operate, go, run
Sample sentence:
It is ----ing
- double - bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
--5 is one way to bid, call
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Somebody ----s something
- duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate - make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
--6 is one way to reproduce
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Somebody ----s something
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