- scale⇄adj. based upon or using a scale.
Ex. a scale drawing, scale singing. - scale⇄adj. scalelike.
- scale⇄Binet test orscale, Binet-Simon test.
- scale⇄Binet-Simon test orscale,
an individual intelligence test first published in 1905 and subsequently revised, used in schools, the armed forces, and other institutions, for determining the mental age of children or adults by means of their performance - scale⇄expr. tip the scales,
a. to have as one's weight.
Ex. Quarterback Joseph Weiss ... stands 6 ft. 4 in. and tips the scales at an even 200 lbs. (Time).
b. (Figurative.) to overbalance one for another.
Ex. He also believes that the - scale⇄expr. turn the scale (or scales),
a. to weigh slightly more than.
Ex. He had weighed it carefully ... and it turned the scale at thirty-four pounds (J. K. Jerome).
b. (Figurative.) to determine the success or superiority of one of two - scale⇄noun 1. a series of steps or degrees; scheme of graded amounts, especially from the lowest to the highest.
Ex. The scale of wages in this factory ranges from ten dollars to twenty dollars a day. He was not at all certain that it did not sometimes h - scale⇄noun 1. the dish or pan of a balance.
2. Usually, scales. a balance; instrument for weighing.
Ex. bathroom scales. The butcher weighed the turkey on the scales. The baby scale helps record the growth of tiny infants (E. A. Fessenden). - scale⇄noun 1a. one of the thin, flat, hard plates forming the outer covering of many fishes, snakes, and lizards.
b. a part like this in other animals, such as one of the very small plates covering the wings of moths and butterflies or one of the plates - scale⇄scale (1), noun, verb, scaled,scaling.
- scale⇄scale (2), noun, verb, scaled,scaling.
- scale⇄scale (3), noun, verb, scaled,scaling,adjective.
- scale⇄v.i. 1. to be weighed.
2. to have weight. - scale⇄v.i. 1. to come off in scales.
Ex. The paint is scaling off the house.
2. to become coated with scale. - scale⇄v.i. 1. to go upward; climb.
(SYN) ascend, mount.
2. to form a graduated series. - scale⇄v.t. 1. to reduce or increase by a certain amount in relation to other amounts.
Ex. To draw this map, mileage was scaled down to one inch for each 100 miles. The 22 striking unions--which had scaled down their wage demands to an 18 1/2-cent-an-hour - scale⇄v.t. 1. to remove scales from.
Ex. He scaled the fish with a sharp knife.
2. to remove in thin layers.
3. to cover with scales.
4. to throw (a thin flat object) so that it moves edgewise.
Ex. to scale a paper plate.scale⇄v.t. 1. to weigh.
Ex. He scales 180 pounds. Thousands of trout fishermen have never seen a brook trout that scaled six pounds (New York Times).
2. to weigh in scales; measure.
Ex. (Figurative.) You have found, scaling his present beari