höylätä — meaning in English

English meaning

• plane noun An aircraft; an airplane.
• scale noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.
• swipe verb To steal something, often quickly and casually.

Senses

höylätä is used for these senses in English:

• plane (transitive, carpentry) To smooth (wood) with a plane.
• scale (transitive) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
• swipe (transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.

plane — full definition

1. noun An aircraft; an airplane.
2. noun A completely flat surface, especially in mathematics or physics.
3. noun A tool used to shave thin layers off wood to smooth or shape it.
4. adj Completely flat or level.

scale — full definition

1. noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.
2. noun A series of marked measurements used for comparison, such as on a ruler, map, or rating system.
3. noun One of the small, hard, overlapping plates covering the skin of fish and reptiles.
4. noun An instrument for measuring weight.
5. verb To increase or decrease something in size while keeping its proportions, especially to grow a business or process.

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