SkyfireDict

scaling   (TTS Sound)

The noun scaling has 3 senses

• scaling, grading -- (the act of arranging in a graduated series)


• scaling -- (act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale)


• scaling -- (ascent by or as if by a ladder)

The verb scale has 8 senses

• scale -- (measure by or as if by a scale; "This bike scales only 25 pounds")


• scale -- (pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard)


• scale -- (take by attacking with scaling ladders; "The troops scaled the walls of the fort")


• scale, surmount -- (reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc")


• scale -- (climb up by means of a ladder)


• scale, descale -- (remove the scales from; "scale fish")


• scale -- (measure with or as if with scales; "scale the gold")


• scale -- (size or measure according to a scale; "This model must be scaled down")