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SCALE DOWN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make smaller
Example:
reduce an image
Synonyms:
reduce; scale down
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "scale down" is one way to...):
reduce; shrink (reduce in size; reduce physically)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Reduce proportionally
Example:
The model is scaled down
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "scale down" is one way to...):
proportion (adjust in size relative to other things)
rescale (establish on a new scale)
"Scale down" entails doing...:
decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
scale up (increase proportionally)
