gauge
Nouns
- (n) a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. gage,
- (n) accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared standard of measurement,
- (n) the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
- (n) the thickness of wire
- (n) diameter of a tube or gun barrel caliber, calibre, bore,
Verbs
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(v) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
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(v) rub to a uniform size
- gauge bricks
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(v) determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
- gauge the wine barrels
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(v) measure precisely and against a standard
- the wire is gauged
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(v) adapt to a specified measurement
- gauge the instruments
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(v) mix in specific proportions
- gauge plaster