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Noun gauge has 5 senses

gauge, gage - a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
--₁ is a kind of measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
--₁ has particulars:

Derived form: verb gauge₃

gauge, standard of measurement - accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
--₂ is a kind of standard, criterion, measure, touchstone

Derived form: verb gauge₄
gauge - the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
--₃ is a kind of distance, length
--₃ has particulars: broad gauge; narrow gauge; standard gauge
gauge - the thickness of wire
--₄ is a kind of thickness
bore, gauge, caliber, calibre - diameter of a tube or gun barrel
--₅ is a kind of diameter, diam

Verb gauge has 6 senses

estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
--₁ is one way to calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
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gauge - rub to a uniform size; "gauge bricks"
--₂ is one way to rub
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gauge - determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation; "gauge the wine barrels"
--₃ is one way to determine, find, find out, ascertain

Derived form: noun gauge₁
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gauge - measure precisely and against a standard; "the wire is gauged"
--₄ is one way to quantify, measure

Derived form: noun gauge₂
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gauge - adapt to a specified measurement; "gauge the instruments"
--₅ is one way to standardize, standardise
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gauge - mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster"
--₆ is one way to blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
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