n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: scaled ; scal · ing
Etymology: Middle English, from 6 scale
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 a : to attack with or take by means of scaling ladders < scale a castle wall> b : to climb up or reach by means of a ladder c : to reach the highest point of : SURMOUNT < scale a mountain>
2 a : to arrange in a graduated series b (1) : to measure by or as if by a scale (2) : to measure or estimate the sound content of (as logs) c : to pattern, make, regulate, set, or estimate according to some rate or standard : ADJUST <a production schedule scaled to actual need> ― often used with back, down, or up < scale down imports>
intransitive verb
1 : to climb by or as if by a ladder
2 : to rise in a graduated series
3 : MEASURE