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gauge

English

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