Crossword-Solution: SCALE
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| Scale | n. | The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively. |
| Scale | n. | The sign or constellation Libra. |
| Scale | v. t. | To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system. |
| Scale | n. | One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid. |
| Scale | n. | Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a scale of iron, of bone, etc. |
| Scale | n. | One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of certain annelids. See Lepidoptera. |
| Scale | n. | A scale insect. (See below.) |
| Scale | n. | A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems of ferns. |
| Scale | n. | The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife. |
| Scale | n. | An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler. |
| Scale | n. | The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals. |
| Scale | v. t. | To strip or clear of scale or scales; as, to scale a fish; to scale the inside of a boiler. |
| Scale | v. t. | To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface. |
| Scale | v. t. | To scatter; to spread. |
| Scale | v. t. | To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder. |
| Scale | v. i. | To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae; as, some sandstone scales by exposure. |
| Scale | v. i. | To separate; to scatter. |
| Scale | n. | A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. |
| Scale | n. | Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals. |
| Scale | n. | A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale. |
| Scale | n. | A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing proportionately larger distances; as, a scale of miles, yards, feet, etc., for a map or plan. |
| Scale | n. | A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc. |
| Scale | n. | The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor. |
| Scale | n. | Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order; as, a scale of being. |
| Scale | n. | Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any complex thing, compared with other like things; especially, the relative proportion of the linear dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a mile. |
| Scale | v. t. | To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder; to ascend by steps or by climbing; to clamber up; as, to scale the wall of a fort. |
| Scale | v. i. | To lead up by steps; to ascend. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SCALE | anagram | ACLES, ALCES, ALECS, CALES, CLAES, CLASE, LACES, LSACE, SCLAE |
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Sentences with SCALE (5)
The Fiend lookt up and knew His mounted scale aloft: nor more; but fled Murmuring, and with him fled the shades of night.
This is a very small-scale project, which will not be competitive with large academic or commercial efforts such as the CYC project, but is intended to provide a convenient resource for experimentation in natural-language processing for individuals or small groups.
There were horses and men, cattle and women, pigs and children, all holding the same rank in the scale of being, and were all subjected to the same narrow examination.
Bangladesh is hampered by a relative lack of natural resources, population growth of more than 2% a year, large-scale unemployment, and a limited infrastructure; furthermore, it is highly vulnerable to natural disasters.
She might have looked her thanks to Gabriel on a minute scale, but she did not speak them; more probably she felt none, for in gaining her a passage he had lost her her point, and we know how women take a favour of that kind.
Quotes with SCALE (3)
Many people in this room have an Etsy store where they create unique, unreplicable artifacts or useful items to be sold on a small scale, in a common marketplace where their friends meet and barter. I and many of my friends own more than one spinning wheel. We grow our food again. We make pickles and jams on private, individual scales, when many of our mothers forgot those skills if they ever knew them. We come to conventions, we create small communities of support and distri…
We need to abandon our scale and adopt God's because our misguided labels keep us from the right kind of interaction with people.
Me, well, there is meaning to the work and things I've done. But I never started an exercise revolution. I never became controversial because of my political beliefs. I don't believe I've affected change on a grand scale. I think I made a contribution. I know I've made people laugh. Through characters I have played, I've certainly allowed people to access their own expression of sadness or remorse, anger or disappointment. I've always believed that being an actor is a great s…
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Appears in: AARP, Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 519 times in crossword archives (1944–2025).