ALL meanings of scale
scale
S s - countable noun scale A scale is a set of levels or numbers which are used in a particular system of measuring things or are used when comparing things. 0
- countable noun scale A pay scale or scale of fees is a list that shows how much someone should be paid, depending, for example, on their age or what work they do. 0
- countable noun scale The scale of a map, plan, or model is the relationship between the size of something in the map, plan, or model and its size in the real world. 0
- adjective scale A scale model or scale replica of a building or object is a model of it which is smaller than the real thing but has all the same parts and features. 0
- countable noun scale In music, a scale is a fixed sequence of musical notes, each one higher than the next, which begins at a particular note. 0
- countable noun scale The scales of a fish or reptile are the small, flat pieces of hard skin that cover its body. 0
- noun plural scale Scales are a piece of equipment used for weighing things, for example for weighing amounts of food that you need in order to make a particular meal. 0
- verb scale If you scale something such as a mountain or a wall, you climb up it or over it. 0
- noun scale any of the numerous plates, made of various substances resembling enamel or dentine, covering the bodies of fishes 0
- noun scale any of the horny or chitinous plates covering a part or the entire body of certain reptiles and mammals 0
- noun scale any of the numerous minute structures covering the wings of lepidoptera 0
- noun scale a thin flat piece or flake 0
- noun scale a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the skin: excessive shedding may be the result of a skin disease 0
- noun scale a specialized leaf or bract, esp the protective covering of a bud or the dry membranous bract of a catkin 0
- noun scale a flaky black oxide of iron formed on the surface of iron or steel at high temperatures 0
- noun scale any oxide formed on a metal during heat treatment 0
- verb scale to remove the scales or coating from 0
- verb scale to peel off or cause to peel off in flakes or scales 0
- verb scale to shed scales 0
- verb scale to cover or become covered with scales, incrustation, etc 0
- verb scale to throw (a disc or thin flat object) edgewise through the air or along the surface of water 0
- verb scale to ride on public transport without paying a fare 0
- verb scale to steal (something) 0
- noun scale a machine or device for weighing 0
- noun scale one of the pans of a balance 0
- verb scale to weigh with or as if with scales 0
- verb scale to have a weight of 0
- noun scale a sequence of marks either at regular intervals or else representing equal steps, used as a reference in making measurements 0
- noun scale a measuring instrument having such a scale 0
- noun scale the ratio between the size of something real and that of a model or representation of it 0
- noun scale (as modifier) 0
- noun scale a line, numerical ratio, etc, for showing this ratio 0
- noun scale a progressive or graduated table of things, wages, etc, in order of size, value, etc 0
- noun scale an established measure or standard 0
- noun scale a relative degree or extent 0
- noun scale a group of notes taken in ascending or descending order, esp within the compass of one octave 0
- noun scale the notation of a given number system 0
- noun scale a graded series of tests measuring mental development, etc 0
- noun scale a ladder or staircase 0
- verb scale to climb to the top of (a height) by or as if by a ladder 0
- verb scale to make or draw (a model, plan, etc) according to a particular ratio of proportionate reduction 0
- verb scale to increase or reduce proportionately in size, etc 0
- verb scale (in forestry) to estimate the board footage of (standing timber or logs) 0
- noun scale a ladder or flight of stairs 0
- noun scale any means of ascent 0
- noun scale a series of marks along a line, at regular or graduated intervals, used in measuring or registering something 0
- noun scale any instrument or ruler marked in this manner 0
- noun scale the proportion that a map, model, etc. bears to the thing that it represents; ratio between the dimensions of a representation and those of the object 0
- noun scale a line marked off on a map to indicate this ratio or proportion 0
- noun scale a system of grouping or classifying in a series of steps or degrees according to a standard of relative size, amount, rank, etc. 0