gage vs gauge
Definitions
verb
- place a bet on
noun
- a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
- street names for marijuana
Examples
He is engaged in a bitter struggle with his rival to get control of the company.
Rules exist to be violated, so that the ‘bastard’ may be more violently characterized and the audience engaged in revengeful fury.
“And now, Sir John de Walton,” he said, “methinks you are a little churlish in not ordering me some breakfast, after I have been all night engaged in your affairs; and a cup of muscadel would, I think, be no bad induction to a full consideration of this perplexed matter.”
Definitions
verb
- adapt to a specified measurement
- measure precisely and against a standard
- determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- rub to a uniform size
noun
- the thickness of wire
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- 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
Examples
The importance of a good one can be gauged by the fact that there are now many people who prepare CVs for other people as a business.
The flat, white light made it hard to gauge distances.
It's like quail hunting: A short, light 20-gauge gun is faster than a big, heavy 12 in covering a covey rise.
