'Doubling' definitions:

Definition of 'doubling'

(from WordNet)
noun
Increase by a factor of two; "doubling with a computer took no time at all"
noun
Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff" [syn: doubling, double]

Definition of 'Doubling'

From: GCIDE
  • Doubling \Dou"bling\, n.
  • 1. The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Her.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. raising the stakes in a game, such as a card game or backgammon, by a factor of 2.
  • Syn: double. [WordNet 1.5]
  • Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Doubling'

From: GCIDE
  • Double \Dou"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doubled; p. pr. & vb. n. Doubling.] [OE. doblen, dublen, doublen, F. doubler, fr. L. duplare, fr. duplus. See Double, a.]
  • 1. To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; as, to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length. [1913 Webster]
  • Double six thousand, and then treble that. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • Then the old man Was wroth, and doubled up his hands. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as. [1913 Webster]
  • Thus re["e]nforced, against the adverse fleet, Still doubling ours, brave Rupert leads the way. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion. [1913 Webster]
  • Sailing along the coast, the doubled the promontory of Carthage. --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Mil.) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two. [1913 Webster]

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