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Noun
S:
(n)
scaling
,
grading
(the act of arranging in a graduated series)
S:
(n)
scaling
(act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale)
S:
(n)
scaling
(ascent by or as if by a ladder)
Verb
S:
(v)
scale
(measure by or as if by a scale)
"This bike scales only 25 pounds"
S:
(v)
scale
(pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard)
S:
(v)
scale
(take by attacking with scaling ladders)
"The troops scaled the walls of the fort"
S:
(v)
scale
,
surmount
(reach the highest point of)
"We scaled the Mont Blanc"
S:
(v)
scale
(climb up by means of a ladder)
S:
(v)
scale
,
descale
(remove the scales from)
"scale fish"
S:
(v)
scale
(measure with or as if with scales)
"scale the gold"
S:
(v)
scale
(size or measure according to a scale)
"This model must be scaled down"