gauge
1. a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
gage
• Hypernyms:
measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
• Hyponyms:
anemometer, wind gauge, wind gage, depth gauge, depth gage,
dipstick, gasoline gauge, gasoline gage, gas gauge, gas gage, petrol gauge,
petrol gage, pressure gauge, pressure gage, rain gauge, rain gage, pluviometer,
udometer, strain gauge, strain gage, surface gauge, surface gage, scribing block,
scribing block, vacuum gage, water gauge, water gage, water glass,
wire gauge, wire gage
2. accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
• Syn:
standard of measurement
• Hypernyms:
standard, criterion, measure, touchstone
3. the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
• Hypernyms:
distance, length
• Hyponyms:
broad gauge, narrow gauge, standard gauge
4. the thickness of wire
• Hypernyms:
thickness
5. diameter of a tube or gun barrel
• Syn:
bore, caliber, calibre
• Derivationally related forms:
calibrate (for: caliber), bore (for: bore)
• Hypernyms:
diameter, diam
1. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) (Freq. 2)
- I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
• Syn:
estimate, approximate, guess, judge
• See Also:
overestimate (for: estimate), underestimate (for: estimate)
• Derivationally related forms:
judge (for: judge), judgment (for: judge), judging (for: judge), guess (for: guess), guesser (for: guess), approximative (for: approximate), estimate (for: estimate), estimation (for: estimate)
• Hypernyms:
calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out,
reckon, figure
• Hyponyms:
quantize, quantise, misgauge, place, put,
set, give, lowball, underestimate, assess, make,
reckon, count, truncate, guesstimate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. rub to a uniform size
- gauge bricks
• Hypernyms:
rub
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
- gauge the wine barrels
• Hypernyms:
determine, find, find out, ascertain
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. measure precisely and against a standard
- the wire is gauged
• Hypernyms:
quantify, measure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. adapt to a specified measurement
- gauge the instruments
• Hypernyms:
standardize, standardise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. mix in specific proportions
- gauge plaster
• Hypernyms:
blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle,
immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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