Crossword-Solution: DOUBLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Double | a. | Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc. |
| Double | a. | Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled. |
| Double | a. | Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere. |
| Double | a. | Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double. |
| Double | adv. | Twice; doubly. |
| Double | a. | To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length. |
| Double | a. | To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth. |
| Double | a. | To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as. |
| Double | a. | To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion. |
| Double | a. | To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two. |
| Double | v. i. | To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much. |
| Double | v. i. | To return upon one's track; to turn and go back over the same ground, or in an opposite direction. |
| Double | v. i. | To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false. |
| Double | v. i. | To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet. |
| Double | n. | Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like. |
| Double | n. | Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred. |
| Double | n. | That which is doubled over or together; a doubling; a plait; a fold. |
| Double | n. | A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice. |
| Double | n. | Something precisely equal or counterpart to another; a counterpart. Hence, a wraith. |
| Double | n. | A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute. |
| Double | n. | Double beer; strong beer. |
| Double | n. | A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts. |
| Double | n. | A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles. |
| Double | n. | An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REEAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DOUBLE (5)
Then, as she expressed it, she had a breathing time for herself; and she occupied it in making new things for them, and putting double pieces on the knees, for they were all most frightfully hard on their knees.
She spake, and at her words the hellish Pest Forbore, then these to her _Satan_ return’d: So strange thy outcry, and thy words so strange Thou interposest, that my sudden hand Prevented spares to tell thee yet by deeds What it intends; till first I know of thee, What thing thou art, thus double-form’d, and why In this infernal Vaile first met thou call’st Me Father, and that Fantasm call’st my Son? I know thee not, nor ever saw till now Sight more detestable then him and thee.
The Dog and the Shadow A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size.
Box 5000, Ogdensburg, NY 13669-0430); telephone (613) 248-25256, 25106, 25271, and 25170; there are US Consulates General in Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, and Vancouver _#_Flag: three vertical bands of red (hoist side), white (double width, square), and red with a red maple leaf centered in the white band _*_Economy _#_Overview: As an affluent, high-tech industrial society, Canada today closely resembles the US in per capita output, market-oriented economic system, and pattern of production.
The blaze, enlarging in a double ratio by his approach and its own increase, showed him as he drew nearer the outlines of ricks beside it, lighted up to great distinctness.
Quotes with DOUBLE (3)
This is the best night of my life," Raffy says, crying." Raffy, half our House has burnt down," I say wearily. "We don't have a kitchen.""Why do you always have to be so pessimistic?" she asks. "We can double up in our rooms and have a barbecue every night like the Cadets." Silently I vow to keep Raffy around for the rest of my life.
Love, he realized, was like the daggers he made in his forge: When you first got one it was shiny and new and the blade glinted bright in the light. Holding it against your palm, you were full of optimism for what it would be like in the field, and you couldn't wait to try it out. Except those first couple of nights out were usually awkward as you got used to it and it got used to you. Over time, the steel lost its brand-new gleam, and the hilt became stained, and maybe you n…
Fantasy like thought that no man could rain Just let her reign Run wild with her unafraid Of any rain storms They only wash the mud away and make way For double rainbows and sunny days
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 46 times in crossword archives (1980–2022).