Gauge is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for GAUGE in dictionary:

VERB:
• to measure precisely
• estimate or judge
• To measure or determine with a gauge.
• To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.
• To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.
• To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.
• To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.
• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
• rub to a uniform size
• determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
• measure precisely and against a standard
• adapt to a specified measurement
• mix in specific proportions
• offer (an object or one's life) as a guarantee of good faith
NOUN:
• a valued object deposited as a guarantee of good faith.
• a pledge, especially a glove, thrown down as a symbol of a challenge to fight.
• A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
• Measure; dimensions; estimate.
• Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker\'s gauge.
• Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.
• Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.
• The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
• The distance between the rails of a railway.
• The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
• That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
• 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
• diameter of a tube or gun barrel
• measuring instrument
ADJECTIVE:
• of a pressure measurement

Words related to GAUGE

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Words that contain GAUGE

gauged9 gauger8 gauges8 gaugers9 regauge9 misgauge12 regauged11 regauges10 ungauged11 gaugeable13 gaugeably16 misgauged14 misgauges13

How to use GAUGE in a sentence

• The South was exhausted much sooner than any expected, having greatly overestimated its wealth by taking exports and imports for gauge.
• It is not always a simple matter to gauge the effect of alcohol on a subject unaccustomed to such stimulant.
• How could I do otherwise? I want to gauge the national sentiment.
• The number of chickens required is a gauge of the virulence of the serpent, for as soon as the venom is all extracted they cease to die.
• Another gauge, called the steam gauge, is applied to the boiler, which indicates the pressure of the steam by the height to which the steam forces mercury up a tube.
• Now we will suppose that your glass gauge is in perfect condition and the water shows two inches in the glass.
• Now this is one good reason why you are not to depend entirely on the glass gauge.
• Shut off the top gauge and open the drain cock at bottom of gauge cock.
• Then after allowing it to escape a few seconds, shut off the lower gauge and open the top one, and allow it to blow about the same time.
• If that is what they think a steam gauge is for, I can tell them that it is time for them to learn differently.
• If the engineer to whom you take your gauge should say he thinks his gauge is weak, or a little strong, then go somewhere else.
• With generous hands they paid the price, Unconscious of the cost, But we must gauge the sacrifice By all that they have lost.
• We are now getting good records with the tide gauge after a great deal of trouble.
• John Ozanne made us all lie down, save when a change of course was necessary, while he did his utmost to get the weather gauge of the enemy.
• Gauge of more and less through space Electric star and pencil plays.
• In several instances the gauge readings did not vary materially from the surface down to a penetration of 50 ft.
• Herschel tried in vain to gauge the depths of this cluster with his most powerful telescope.
• The narrow gauge from Colfax is little better than a stage coach.
• The rockets pushed harder and harder and he saw the needle of the acceleration gauge creep slowly up.
• The line from Junction Station to Beersheba was changed from narrow to broad gauge and extended to Rafa.
• Ah! my love, by the ardor with which he embraced my plans, I can gauge the depth of his affection.
• I dare not peep over this parapet To gauge with glance the roaring gulf below, The depths of sin to which I had descended, Had not these me against myself defended.
• The true gauge of any civilization, whether of a race, a nation, or a district, is to be found in the character and position of its women.
• He found the company rather pleasant and entertaining, although not quite able to gauge the real feelings of Mr.
• They hung so low that one could follow the speed of their motion and almost gauge it by miles per hour.
• As a matter of course, she estimated her feeling toward Bressant by the only gauge she had, and with no reference to the fact that it was a wholly inadequate one.
• The track at the middle of the bridge was not quite true to gauge.

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