Synonym: descale, exfoliation, graduated table, musical scale, ordered series, plate, scale leaf, scale of measurement, scurf, shell, surmount, weighing machine. Similar words: on a large scale, fiscal, calendar, scan, scare, scandal, scary, scared. Meaning: [skeɪl] 
n. 1. an ordered reference standard 2. relative magnitude 3. the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it 4. an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks 5. a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin 6. a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin 7. (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) 8. a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass 9. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) 10. a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals. v. 1. measure by or as if by a scale 2. pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard 3. take by attacking with scaling ladders 4. reach the highest point of 5. climb up by means of a ladder 6. remove the scales from 7. measure with or as if with scales 8. size or measure according to a scale.
n. 1. an ordered reference standard 2. relative magnitude 3. the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it 4. an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks 5. a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin 6. a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin 7. (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) 8. a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass 9. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) 10. a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals. v. 1. measure by or as if by a scale 2. pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard 3. take by attacking with scaling ladders 4. reach the highest point of 5. climb up by means of a ladder 6. remove the scales from 7. measure with or as if with scales 8. size or measure according to a scale. 
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91 Can you give me any sort of time scale for the completion of the building work?
92 The scale on the surface of the kettle has sloughed off.
93 Score each criterion on a scale of 1 to 5.
94 The city would operate on a more human scale if cars were banned from the centre.
95 An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale struck California yesterday.
96 For every year you've worked here you go up another step on the salary scale.
97 I was shocked by the sheer scale of the destruction.
98 The scale of his spending 50000 in a year amazed us all.
99 Franklin made his mother an intricately detailed scale model of the house.
100 In spite of the scale of the famine, the relief workers struggled on with dauntless optimism and commitment.
101 Some teenagers are just a nuisance, but at the other end of the scale there are kids who pose a real threat.
102 Despite current price advantage, UK manufacturers are still having to scale back production.
103 At the other end of the social scale was the grocer, the village's only merchant.
104 The management sweetened the deal by offering an extra 2% to staff on the lowest end of the pay scale.
105 On a global scale, AIDS may well become the leading cause of infant death. Sentencedict.com
106 The whole thing was a big con,an elaborate put-down on a massive scale.
107 She gradually made her way up the social scale .
108 It is difficult to comprehend the sheer scale of the suffering caused by the war.
109 A step in temperature on the Fahrenheit scale is smaller than a step on the Centigrade scale.
110 A structural survey revealed the full scale of the damage.
111 Electronic media make the potential for information distribution possible on a scale never before achieved.
112 Communist parties were formed on a world scale after the Russian Revolution.
113 Fees are calculated on a sliding scale according to income.
114 Each of the factors is given a weighting on a scale of 1 to 10.
115 For sheer scale and grandeur, Leeds Castle in Kent takes some beating.
116 The new salary scale only refers to company managers and directors.
117 The plan of the building is not drawn to scale.
118 Economies of scale enable the larger companies to lower their prices.
119 If you put on another a pound weight the scale can be balanced.
120 North America provides the most striking instance of European settlement on a grand scale.