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- pronunciation:
- skeIl
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- scale back
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
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 skin or other surface.
When I scratched my arm, scales of dry skin fell off.- synonyms:
- flake
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definition 3: |
a thin layer or layers of some kind of substance that has hardened.
There is lime scale around the faucets. |
definition 4: |
a small plant-destroying insect.
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
scales, scaling, scaled |
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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phrase: |
scale back |
derivation: |
scalelike (adj.) |
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