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scale

Definition

  • noun: a device that is used for weighing people or things
  • noun: either pan or tray of a balance
  • noun: a small, flattened, rigid, and definitely circumscribed plate forming part of the external body covering especially of a fish
  • verb: to remove the scales from (a fish)
  • verb: to weigh in 'scales'
  • verb: to climb to the top of (something)
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: scatter, spread, separate

Examples

  • The model of the new city hall is 'to scale'. [=the model shows exactly how the parts will relate to each other when it is built]

  • She 'scaled the heights of' the publishing industry. [=she rose to a very high position in the publishing industry]

  • Their equipment isn't suitable for 'large-scale' production. [=it cannot be used to make things in large amounts]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: ..,Default,,,Saroyan:\NWendell was actually able Dialogue: ..,Default,,,to identify the particulate\Ni found in the nasal passage. Dialogue: ..,Default,,,It was part of a scale\Nfrom a woma python. Dialogue: ..,Default,,,Wait a second.\NThe woman had a snake scale Dialogue: ..,Default,,,and cocaine in her nose? Dialogue: ..,Default,,,How does that even happen? Dialogue: ..,Default,,,It's likely she just\Ninhaled the molted scale Dialogue: ..,Default,,,like any other pet dander. Dialogue: ..,Default,,,Well, anything's possible. Dialogue: ..,Default,,,Yeah. (..)
    2016 TvShow: Bones Title: The Death in the Defense Season: 11 Episode 11