noun Download 🔗Share A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. Examples : "The company's career path provided clear scales of promotion, outlining the steps to reach a higher position. " structure way device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude. Examples : "Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10." number math science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Size; scope. Examples : "The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale." amount Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance. Examples : "This map uses a scale of 1:10." math technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced. Examples : "The architect added scales to the blueprint so we could understand the actual size of the rooms. " technical math art figure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies. Examples : "The piano student practiced her scales every day to improve her finger dexterity. " music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix. Examples : "the decimal scale; the binary scale" number math system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order. Examples : "The difficulty of the math problems increased in scales of complexity, starting with basic addition and ending with advanced calculus. " degree system range number math quality structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A standard amount of money to be received by a performer or writer, negotiated by a union. Examples : "The actor received scales for his work on the commercial, as agreed upon by the actors' union. " entertainment job business economy media Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product. Examples : "We should scale that up by a factor of 10." business technology economy process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To climb to the top of. Examples : "Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest." action sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors. Examples : "The company's new cloud infrastructure scales easily to handle the increased traffic during the holiday shopping season. " technology computing business system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system. Examples : "The teacher scales the difficulty of homework assignments based on the students' current skill level. " system business quality value Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile. Examples : "The snake's scales felt smooth and cool to the touch. " animal body biology anatomy part organism Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color. Examples : "The butterfly's wing shimmered because of the thousands of tiny scales that covered it. " animal insect biology part appearance color Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis. Examples : "The dog's itchy skin left white scales on the furniture after he scratched. " medicine animal disease body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds. Examples : "The pinecone opened, revealing its scales and releasing the seeds inside. " plant part nature biology seed Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The flaky material sloughed off heated metal. Examples : "After welding the gate, he brushed off the loose scales that had formed on the hot metal. " material substance technical industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail). Examples : "The knight wore a suit of scales, protecting his torso from sword blows. " military wear weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Limescale. Examples : "The kettle had thick scales of limescale inside, so I cleaned it with vinegar. " utility substance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A scale insect. Examples : "The gardener noticed small, brown scales clinging to the stems of the rose bushes. " insect animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife. Examples : "The scales on my grandfather's old pocketknife are made of smooth, dark wood. " part utensil item material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To remove the scales of. Examples : "Please scale that fish for dinner." food animal fish Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To become scaly; to produce or develop scales. Examples : "The dry weather is making my skin scale." organism biology animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To strip or clear of scale; to descale. Examples : "to scale the inside of a boiler" animal food fish Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface. Examples : "The dentist used a special tool to scales away the hardened plaque from my teeth. " medicine body anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae. Examples : "Some sandstone scales by exposure." biology organism physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To scatter; to spread. Examples : "The wind scales the fallen leaves across the park, creating a colorful swirl. " action nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder. Examples : "After a period of disuse, the artillery crew had to scale the cannon with a small charge before it could be fired safely again. " military weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A device to measure mass or weight. Examples : "After the long, lazy winter I was afraid to get on the scale." device utensil science physics thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales. Examples : "The baker carefully placed flour in one of the scales and sugar in the other to measure equal amounts for the cake. " utensil item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A device for measuring weight. Examples : "The butcher put the sausages on the scales." device utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading