| Main Entry: | scale |
| 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: | scale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | measure |
Synonyms: |
adjust, balance, calibrate, compare, compute, estimate, gauge, graduate, proportion, prorate, regulate, size |
| 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: | ascension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | going up |
Synonyms: |
ascent, climbing, escalating, flying, mounting, rise, rising, scaling, soaring, towering |
| Notes: | ascension is 'rising'; accension is 'kindling' or 'being kindled' |
Antonyms: |
declension, decline, descendancy |
| Main Entry: | ascent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upward movement |
Synonyms: |
ascendance, ascending, ascension, clambering, climb, climbing, lift, mounting, rise, rising, scaling, spring, take off |
Antonyms: |
decline, descent, lowering |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | get on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mount |
Synonyms: |
ascend, board, climb, embark, enplane, entrain, go up, scale |
Antonyms: |
dismount, get off |