1. one of the thin, flat hard plated forming the outer covering of some fishes or snakes and lizards: kaliskis
2. an instrument for weighing: timbangan
3. a series of marks made along a line at regular intervals to use in measuring: grado
4. a series of steps or degrees: iskala, eskala, antas
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step
n.
1. one motion of the leg in walking, running, or dancing, etc.: hakbang, hagpang
2. the distance covered by one such motion: hakbang
3. a way of stepping: paghakbang, hakbang, paghagpang, hagpang
4. step for dancing: hakbang, hagpang
5. the place for the foot in going up or coming down: baitang
6. the sound made by putting the foot down: yabag
7. a degree in a scale, a grade in rank: antas, grado
8. an action: pagkilos, hakbang, pasiya
9. footprint: bakas ng paa
v.
1. to measure off by taking steps: hakbangin
2. to move the legs as in walking, running, dancing, etc.: humakbang, ihakbang, humagpang, ihagpang
3. to put the foot down: tumapak, tapakan, matapakan, yumapak, yapakan, mayapakan
4. to step aside: tumabi
5. to step back: umurong
6. to step in, to get inside: pumasok
7. to step out, to get out: lumabas
8. to keep step, to make ones steps fit those of another person: sumabay sa hakbang, isabay ang hakbang, sabayan ng hakbang
stand
n.
1. a place where a person stands, position: kinatatayuan, lugar, kinalalagyan, puwesto
2. a place or fixtures for a small business: puwesto, munting (maliit na) tindahan
3. a way of thinking: paninindigan
4. a raised place where people may stand or sit: tayuan, tuntungan, plataporma, entablado
5. something to put or hang things on, e.g., a hat, raincoat, etc.: sabitan
v.
1. to be on ones feet: tumayo, tumindig
2. to be in a certain place, rank, scale, etc.: malagay, lumagay
3. to rise to ones feet: tumayo, tumindig
4. to set upright: magtindig, itindig, magtayo, itayo
5. to stay in place, last: tumagal, magtagal, makatagal, matagalan, manatili, mamalagi
6. to bear, endure: magtiis, matiis, mapagtiisan, tiisin, makatagal, matagalan
7. to be unchanged, hold good, remain the same: di (hindi) magbago, manatili, mamalagi, manatiling may bisa
8. to take a way of thinking or acting: manindigan, panindigan
9. to stand by means (a) to be near: nasa malapit, huwag lumayo (umalis) (b) to side with, help: tumulong, tulungan, kumampi, kampihan, pumanig, panigan
10. to stand for means (a) to represent: kumatawan, katawanin (b) to be on the side of, take the part of, uphold: manindigan, panindigan panindiganan, manindig
11. to stand out means (a) to project: lumitaw, lumabas, umusli, umungos (b) to be noticeable or prominent: makita, lumantad, mahalata, mapansin, lumitaw (c) to refuse to yield: magmatigas, manindigan
12. to stand up for, to take the part of, defend, support: magtanggol, ipagtanggol, tumangkilik, tangkilikin
13. it can stand over, it can wait until another time: makapaghihintay, maipaghihintay, maipagpapaliban
mortality
n.
1. the loss of life on a large scale: pagkakamatay, dami ng namamatay
2. mortal nature, being sure to die sometime: tiyak na pagkamatay
