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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 from
Familiarity information: DESCALE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they descale ... he / she / it descales
Past simple: descaled
Past participle: descaled
-ing form: descaling
... he / she / it descales Past simple: descaled
Past participle: descaled
-ing form: descaling
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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