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scaled
[skeyld] 
| Main Entry: |
scale
[skeyl]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ascend, climb |
| Synonyms: | clamber, escalade, escalate, go up, mount, surmount |
| Notes: | octave is the distance covered by any eight notes of a scale; a scale is a series of eight notes played in alphabetical order |
| Antonyms: | descend |
| Main Entry: | ascend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go up |
| Synonyms: | arise, climb, escalate, float, fly, lift off, mount, move up, rise, scale, soar, sprout, take off, tower |
| Antonyms: | decline, descend, go down, lower |
| Main Entry: | climb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl, move up |
| Synonyms: | ape up, ascend, clamber, escalade, escalate, go up, mount, rise, scale, soar, top |
| Antonyms: | descend, dismount, go down, retreat |
| Main Entry: | escalate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase, be increased |
| Synonyms: | amplify, ascend, broaden, climb, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, intensify, magnify, make worse, mount, raise, rise, scale, step up, widen |
| Antonyms: | decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, weaken |
| Main Entry: | flake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peel off |
| Synonyms: | blister, chip, delaminate, desquamate, drop, exfoliate, pare, scab, scale, shed, slice, sliver, trim, wear away |
| Main Entry: | gauge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | measure, judge |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, appraise, ascertain, assess, calculate, calibrate, check, check out, compute, count, determine, estimate, evaluate, eye*, figure, figure in, guess, guesstimate, have one's number, look over, meter, peg, quantify, quantitate, rate, reckon, scale, size, size up, take account of, tally, value, weigh |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mount |
| Synonyms: | ascend, board, climb, embark, enplane, entrain, go up, scale |
| Antonyms: | dismount, get off |
| Main Entry: | get up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mount; get out of bed |
| Synonyms: | arise, ascend, awake, awaken, climb, increase, move up, pile out, rise, rise and shine, roll out, scale, spring out, stand, turn out, uprise, upspring |
| Main Entry: | hurdle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump over an obstacle |
| Synonyms: | bounce, bound, clear, conquer, down, hop, jump across, leap over, lick, lop, master, negotiate, over, overcome, saltate, scale, spring, surmount, vault |
| Notes: | hurdle refers to a difficulty or obstacle; hurtle means to move with great speed or violence |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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