base hit, bingle, safety - (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely

line double, line-drive double - a double resulting from a line drive

backup man, fill-in, reliever, stand-in, backup, substitute, relief - someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"

human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

clone, dead ringer, ringer - a person who is almost identical to another

multiple - the product of a quantity by an integer; "36 is a multiple of 9"

card game, cards - a game played with playing cards

raise - increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it"

redouble - double again; "The noise doubled and redoubled"

geminate - arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words"

manifold, multiply - combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"

parlay, double up - stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager

baseball, baseball game, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"

hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

bend, flex - form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

function, operate, work, run, go - 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"

bid, call - make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump"

replicate, copy - biology: reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information"

recapitulate - repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life

geminate, reduplicate - form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"

reproduce - make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting"

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"

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"

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"

botany, phytology - the branch of biology that studies plants

genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms

big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

ambiguous, equivocal - open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question"