treble
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
darts
entertainment
games
hobbies
lifestyle
music
soccer
sports
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English treble, from Old French treble, from Latin triplus. Doublet of triple.
Inflected forms:
form: trebles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: trebles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: trebling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: trebled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: trebled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: He put his cigar in his mouth, and, with his right hand, up in the treble keys, he began to play, in octaves, the melody of a song called "The Kinkajou," which, somewhat notably, had shifted into and ostensibly out of popularity before he was born.
gloss: Threefold, triple.
pos: adj
tags: dated
not-comparable
examples: A lofty tower, and strong on every side / With treble walls.
Every subscriber of one penny per week, who is sixty years of age, or upwards, and under four-score, to be entitled to receive treble his subscription at the end of the year; that is, his own subscription, and twice as much more.
The treble walls and ditches on the land side … diminish the extent of ground covered with houses.
At the surface of the water it's fourteen pounds to the inch, thirty feet down it's double that; sixty, treble; ninety, four times
gloss: The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
pos: noun
examples: He starts out by saying that there are three sights, the mene, treble, and quadreble, but actually he discusses only two, the treble and quadreble, both of which are read at the transposition of an octave.
The voices include a counter (always below the tenor), a countertenor (moving above and below the tenor), mene, treble, and quadreble.
The counter involves transposition of the sighted note to the fifth below (for extremely low notes a twelfth), the mene and countertenor do not transpose, the treble transposes to the octave above, and the quadreble to the twelfth above.
gloss: A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
pos: noun
gloss: The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
pos: noun
gloss: Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
pos: noun
gloss: A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
pos: noun
tags: dated
gloss: A drink with three portions of alcohol; a triple
pos: noun
tags: dated
gloss: Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
pos: noun
gloss: Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
pos: noun
examples: As for City, a domestic treble is off the cards and they must haul themselves off the floor quickly with the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie against Barcelona on Wednesday.
gloss: Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
pos: noun
gloss: To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
pos: verb
tags: dated
transitive
examples: There is increasing evidence that cannabis use can act as a risk factor for the development of bipolar as well as psychotic disorders. A recent systematic review by Gibbs and colleagues identified several studies supporting a link between cannabis use and subsequent relapse of manic symptoms. This review also included a meta-analysis of two large prospective cohort studies, which found that cannabis use almost trebled the risk of new-onset subthreshold manic symptoms after adjusting for potential confounding factors.
German climate minister says speed of carbon cuts needs to be trebled [title]
gloss: To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.
pos: verb
tags: dated
intransitive
examples: I am more ſerious then my cuſtome; you
Muſt be ſo too, if heed me: which to do
Trebbles thee o're.
gloss: To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To utter in a treble key; to whine.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He outrageously / (When I accused him) trebled his reply.
Synonyms: treble
triple
triplicate
Antonyms: third
tripartition
trisect
Derived words: treble C
treble clef
treble-heading
treble hook
trebleness
treble recorder
treble staff
Translations:
lang: French
word: triplé
lang: Galician
word: triplete
lang: German
word: Triple
lang: Portuguese
word: triplete
lang: Spanish
word: triplete