Crossword-Solution: GAUGE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Gauge | v. t. | To measure or determine with a gauge. |
| Gauge | v. t. | To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg. |
| Gauge | v. t. | To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock. |
| Gauge | v. t. | To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment. |
| Gauge | v. t. | To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of. |
| Gauge | n. | A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard. |
| Gauge | n. | Measure; dimensions; estimate. |
| Gauge | n. | Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge. |
| Gauge | n. | 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. |
| Gauge | n. | 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. |
| Gauge | n. | The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. |
| Gauge | n. | The distance between the rails of a railway. |
| Gauge | n. | The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. |
| Gauge | n. | 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. |
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Sentences with GAUGE (5)
Experience is a keen teacher; and long before you had mastered your A B C, or knew where the “white sails” of the Chesapeake were bound, you began, I see, to gauge the wretchedness of the slave, not by his hunger and want, not by his lashes and toil, but by the cruel and blighting death which gathers over his soul.
She could not gauge how distant the hut was, but without hesitation she began the steep descent, creeping from boulder to boulder, caring nothing for the enemy behind, or for the soldiers, who evidently had all taken cover since the tall Englishman had not yet appeared.
Criminal activities, bad credit records; the type of data that would permit the agent to gauge the validity of the call.
Eyes cannot see it—fingers cannot feel it, but he who possess it knows that it is there for it fills his whole breast with a great, wonderful love and worship for something infinitely finer than man’s dull senses can gauge—something that guides him into paths far above the plain of soulless beasts and bestial men.
How far did their training fit them for life? It is of course extremely difficult to collect satisfactory data on such a point,--difficult to reach the men, to get trustworthy testimony, and to gauge that testimony by any generally acceptable criterion of success.
Quotes with GAUGE (3)
Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. Tear in eye, your dress will tear. So shall I! Oh hear my prayer. Just compare heart, beard, and heard, Dies and diet, lord and word, Sword and sward, retain and Britain.(Mind the latter, how it’s written.) Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and ague. But b…
[The wives of powerful noblemen] must be highly knowledgeable about government, and wise — in fact, far wiser than most other such women in power. The knowledge of a baroness must be so comprehensive that she can understand everything. Of her a philosopher might have said: "No one is wise who does not know some part of everything." Moreover, she must have the courage of a man. This means that she should not be brought up overmuch among women nor should she be indulged in exte…
If when you think of yourself, you think only of your physical body — even if you are physically fit and firm, at your ideal weight with beautiful hair, eyes or lips- if that is how you gauge your success, you are mistaken
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 103 times in crossword archives (1952–2024).