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DESCALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does descale mean? 

DESCALE (verb)
  The verb DESCALE has 1 sense:

1. remove the scales fromplay

  Familiarity information: DESCALE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DESCALE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they descale  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it descales  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: descaled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: descaled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: descaling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the scales from

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

descale; scale

Context example:

scale fish

Hypernyms (to "descale" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


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