Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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scale | Yes | No | Yes | No |
pattern | Yes | No | Yes | No |
scale (noun) | pattern (noun) |
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a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals | a customary way of operation or behavior |
an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | a decorative or artistic work |
a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass | a perceptual structure |
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) | a model considered worthy of imitation |
(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) | something intended as a guide for making something else |
a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin | something regarded as a normative example |
a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin | graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle |
relative magnitude | the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport |
the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it | |
an ordered reference standard |
scale (verb) | pattern (verb) |
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measure with or as if with scales | plan or create according to a model or models |
size or measure according to a scale | form a pattern |
remove the scales from | |
pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard | |
climb up by means of a ladder | |
reach the highest point of | |
take by attacking with scaling ladders | |
measure by or as if by a scale |