Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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hit | Yes | No | Yes | No |
scale | Yes | No | Yes | No |
hit (noun) | scale (noun) |
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the act of contacting one thing with another | a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals |
a conspicuous success | an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks |
(baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense) | a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass |
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
a connection made via the internet to another website | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) |
a dose of a narcotic drug | a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin |
(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together | a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin |
relative magnitude | |
the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it | |
an ordered reference standard |
hit (verb) | scale (verb) |
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pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to | measure with or as if with scales |
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target | size or measure according to a scale |
hit with a missile from a weapon | remove the scales from |
hit the intended target or goal | pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard |
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument | climb up by means of a ladder |
hit against; come into sudden contact with | reach the highest point of |
produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments | take by attacking with scaling ladders |
cause to move by striking | measure by or as if by a scale |
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely | |
reach a destination, either real or abstract | |
drive something violently into a location | |
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | |
cause to experience suddenly | |
encounter by chance | |
kill intentionally and with premeditation |