gauge

Meanings

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

Synonyms

approximate, bore, caliber, calibre, estimate, gage, guess, judge, standard of measurement