scaled

/skeɪld/

verb

  1. 1

    To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.

    We should scale that up by a factor of 10.
  2. 2

    To climb to the top of.

    Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest.
  3. 3

    To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.

    That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.
  4. 4

    To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.

verb

  1. 1

    To remove the scales of.

    Please scale that fish for dinner.
  2. 2

    To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.

    The dry weather is making my skin scale.
  3. 3

    To strip or clear of scale; to descale.

    to scale the inside of a boiler
  4. 4

    To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.

  5. 5

    To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.

    Some sandstone scales by exposure.
  6. 6

    To scatter; to spread.

  7. 7

    To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.

Synonyms

adjective

  1. 1

    Covered with scales or scale-like structures.

  2. 2

    Without scales, or with the scales removed.

    scaled herring

Translate “scaled” to another language

Click any language to open the translator with this word already filled in.

Scaled Definition & Meaning | TranslatePulse