descale | (verb) remove the scales from | Synonyms: scale |
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downscale | (adjective) intended for people with low incomes | - |
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locale | (noun) the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | Synonyms: locus, venue |
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percale | (noun) a fine closely woven cotton fabric | - |
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rescale | (verb) establish on a new scale | - |
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scale | (noun) a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals | - |
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(noun) an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | - |
(noun) a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass | Synonyms: weighing machine |
(noun) a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) | Synonyms: plate, shell |
(noun) (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) | Synonyms: musical scale |
(noun) a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin | Synonyms: exfoliation, scurf |
(noun) a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin | Synonyms: scale leaf |
(noun) relative magnitude | - |
(noun) the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it | - |
(noun) an ordered reference standard | Synonyms: graduated table, ordered series, scale of measurement |
(verb) measure with or as if with scales | - |
(verb) size or measure according to a scale | - |
(verb) remove the scales from | Synonyms: descale |
(verb) pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard | - |
(verb) climb up by means of a ladder | - |
(verb) reach the highest point of | Synonyms: surmount |
(verb) take by attacking with scaling ladders | - |
(verb) measure by or as if by a scale | - |
upscale | (adjective) appropriate for people with good incomes | - |
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