twofold

4 definitions found

twofold - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Twofold \Two"fold`\, a. [Cf. Twifold.]
     Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a
     twofold sense; a twofold argument.
     [1913 Webster]

  Twofold \Two"fold`\, adv.
     In a double degree; doubly.
     [1913 Webster]

twofold - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  twofold
      adv 1: by a factor of two; "the price increased twofold last
             year" [syn: twofold, two times]
      adj 1: 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.W.Emerson; "every episode has its
             double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison [syn:
             double, dual, twofold, two-fold, treble,
             threefold, three-fold]
      2: twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is
         doubled"; "a twofold increase" [syn: double, doubled,
         twofold, two-fold]

twofold - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "twofold":
     Janus-like, ambidextrous, as much again, bifacial, bifold, biform,
     bilateral, binary, binate, biparous, bivalent, conduplicate,
     disomatous, double, double-barreled, double-faced, doubly, dual,
     dualistic, dually, duple, duplex, duplicate, dyadic, geminate,
     geminated, paired, second, secondary, twice, twice as much,
     twice over, twin, twinned, two times, two-faced, two-level,
     two-ply, two-sided, two-story