écailler — meaning in English

English meaning

• scale noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.
• shuck noun The outer shell or husk of something, such as corn or a nut.

Senses

écailler is used for these senses in English:

• scale (transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
• shuck (transitive, intransitive, slang) To fool; to hoax.

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.

shuck — full definition

1. noun The outer shell or husk of something, such as corn or a nut.
2. verb To strip the shell or husk off something, such as corn or oysters.
3. verb Informal: to remove a hard drive from its casing so it can be reused elsewhere.

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