Overview of verb scale

The verb scale has 8 senses

• scale -- (measure by or as if by a scale; "This bike scales only 25 pounds")


• scale -- (pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard)


• scale -- (take by attacking with scaling ladders; "The troops scaled the walls of the fort")


• scale, surmount -- (reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc")


• scale -- (climb up by means of a ladder)


• scale, descale -- (remove the scales from; "scale fish")


• scale -- (measure with or as if with scales; "scale the gold")


• scale -- (size or measure according to a scale; "This model must be scaled down")

Overview of adj scaled

The adj scaled has 2 senses

• scaly, scaley, scaled -- (having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles)


• scaled -- ((used of armor) having overlapping metal plates attached to a leather backing)