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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
- 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
- climb up by means of a ladder
- reach the highest point of
- 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