(transitive) To remove the scales of. / (intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales. / (transitive) To strip or clear of scale; to descale.

A device to measure mass or weight. / Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.

simple past tense and past participle of scale

(zoology) Covered with scales or scale-like structures. / Without scales, or with the scales removed.

(of a drawing or a model) with a uniform reduction or enlargement in each dimension

Presented at a size other than to-scale.

present participle of scale

The act of one who scales or climbs. / The removing of the scales of fish. / The formation of a layer of scale on a surface. / The removal of a layer of scale from a surface.

(of a model) such that each dimension has the same proportion to the original

a device that is used to weigh a person or thing