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noun(scale)either pan or tray of a balance
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noun(scale)a beam that is supported freely in the center and has two pans of equal weight suspended from its ends —usually used in plural
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noun(scale)an instrument or machine for weighing
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verb(scale)to weigh in scales
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verb(scale)to have a specified weight on scales
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noun(scale)a small, flattened, rigid, and definitely circumscribed plate forming part of the external body covering especially of a fish
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noun(scale)a small thin plate suggesting a fish scale
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noun(scale)the scaly covering of a scaled animal
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verb(scale)to remove the scale or scales from (as by scraping)
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verb(scale)to take off in thin layers or scales
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verb(scale)to throw (something, such as a thin, flat stone) so that the edge cuts the air or so that it skips on water : skim
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verb(scale)to attack with or take by means of scaling ladders
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verb(scale)to climb up or reach by means of a ladder
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verb(scale)to reach the highest point of : surmount
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noun(scale)ladder
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noun(scale)a means of ascent
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noun(scale)a graduated series of musical tones ascending or descending in order of pitch according to a specified scheme of their intervals
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noun(scale)escalade
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noun(scale)an estimate of the amount of sound lumber in logs or standing timber
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idiom(scale)to have (a specified weight)
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noun(scale)any of a family (Diaspididae) of scale insects having a firm covering of wax best developed in the female
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noun(scale)a scale in which the force of the wind is indicated by numbers from 0 to 12