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Definition scale in American English

scale verb

[transitive] verb
/skeɪl/
1

to climb to or over the top of a high steep object such as a mountain or a wall

Example

Student protesters scaled an 8-foot fence to enter the Embassy grounds.

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abseil ascend ascent
2

to remove scales from fish

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bake beat blanch
2.1

to remove scale from teeth

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amalgam braces bridge
3

if a business scales, it gets a lot bigger very quickly

Example

When your company scales that quickly it's hard.

Definition scale in American English

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Words related to scale:

a scale etc. (phrase) diseconomies of scale (noun) economies of scale (noun) full-scale (adjective) large-scale (adjective) note (noun) pay scale (noun) scale (noun) scale (verb) scale back (phrasal verb) scale heights (phrase) scale up (phrasal verb) scale-up (noun) Scoville scale (noun) sliding scale (noun) small-scale (adjective) the Beaufort scale (noun) the Richter scale (noun) to scale (phrase) Waterlow score (noun) widescale (adjective)