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scale1
- pronunciation:
- skeIl
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
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noun |
| definition 1: |
one of the many small, hard, thin plates that cover fish, reptiles, and certain mammals.
- synonyms:
- squama
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| definition 2: |
any thin flat piece that flakes off a surface such as skin.
- synonyms:
- flake
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| definition 3: |
a small plant-destroying insect.
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
scaled, scales, scaling |
| definition 1: |
to remove the scales from.
Would you scale this fish?- similar words:
- exfoliate, peel, scrape, skin, strip
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| definition 2: |
to strip off in thin layers.
- synonyms:
- exfoliate, pare, peel, shave
- similar words:
- flake, husk, laminate, scrape, strip
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to flake off.
- synonyms:
- exfoliate, flake
- similar words:
- desquamate, peel
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| derivation: |
scalelike (adj.) |
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