scales

noun

a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals

a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks

a measuring instrument for weighing

(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)

a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin

the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it

relative magnitude

an ordered reference standard

verb

size or measure according to a scale

measure with or as if with scales

remove the scales from

climb up by means of a ladder

reach the highest point of

take by attacking with scaling ladders

pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard

measure by or as if by a scale

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