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1.
a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
2.
accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
3.
the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
4.
the thickness of wire
5.
diameter of a tube or gun barrel
'gauge' - used as a verb
6.
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
7.
rub to a uniform size
gauge bricks
8.
determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
gauge the wine barrels
9.
measure precisely and against a standard
the wire is gauged
10.
adapt to a specified measurement
gauge the instruments
11.
mix in specific proportions
gauge plaster
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1. Gauge / Plural
gauges
2. Gauge / Past
gauged
3. Gauge / Third Person
gauges
4. Gauge / Present Participle
gauging
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