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scale
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Noun
  • a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
  • a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
  • an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
  • a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
  • (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
  • a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
  • a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
  • the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
    • the scale of the map
    • the scale of the model
  • relative magnitude
    • they entertained on a grand scale
  • an ordered reference standard
    • judging on a scale of 1 to 10
Verb
  • size or measure according to a scale
    • This model must be scaled down
  • measure with or as if with scales
    • scale the gold
  • remove the scales from
    • scale fish
  • climb up by means of a ladder
  • reach the highest point of
    • We scaled the Mont Blanc
  • take by attacking with scaling ladders
    • The troops scaled the walls of the fort
  • pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
  • measure by or as if by a scale
    • This bike scales only 25 pounds
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