Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)gauge, gagea measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. (n)gauge, standard of measurementaccepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared (n)gaugethe distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train (n)gaugethe thickness of wire Verbs
(v)gaugerub to a uniform size“gauge bricks” (v)gaugedetermine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation“gauge the wine barrels” (v)gaugemeasure precisely and against a standard“the wire is gauged” (v)gaugeadapt to a specified measurement“gauge the instruments” (v)gaugemix in specific proportions“gauge plaster”