To scale something can mean
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To scale something is to climb it, too, in colloquial English. The dictionary defines it this way:
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scale1.
[skâl]
NOUN
1.each of the small, thin or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another.
synonyms: plate · lamella · lamina · squama · scute · scutum
2.something resembling a fish scale in appearance or function, in particular.
3.a flaky deposit, in particular.
VERB
1.remove scale or scales from:
"he scales the fish and removes the innards"
2.
(scaling)
(especially of the skin) form scales:
"moisturizers can ease off drying and scaling"
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scale1.
[skâl]
NOUN
1.each of the small, thin or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another.
synonyms: plate · lamella · lamina · squama · scute · scutum
2.something resembling a fish scale in appearance or function, in particular.
3.a flaky deposit, in particular.
VERB
1.remove scale or scales from:
"he scales the fish and removes the innards"
2.
(scaling)
(especially of the skin) form scales:
"moisturizers can ease off drying and scaling"
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