gage

Meaning of gage

noun

a valued object deposited as a guarantee of good faith.

verb
  1. offer (an object or one's life) as a guarantee of good faith.
    a guide sent to them by the headman of this place gaged his life as a forfeit if he failed

Middle English: from Old French gage (noun), gager (verb), of Germanic origin; related to wage and wed.

noun

variant spelling of gauge (noun).

verb

variant spelling of gauge (verb).

noun

another term for greengage.

mid 19th century: from the name of Sir William Gage (1657–1727), the English botanist who introduced it to England.

noun
  1. an instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something.
    a fuel gauge
  2. the thickness, size, or capacity of something, especially as a standard measure.
  3. the position of a sailing ship to windward ( the weather gage ) or leeward ( the lee gage ) of another.
    the French fleet was heavily outnumbered but had the weather gage
verb
  1. estimate or determine the amount, level, or volume of.
    astronomers can gauge the star's intrinsic brightness
  2. measure the dimensions of (an object) with a gauge.
    when dry, the assemblies can be gauged exactly and planed to width

Middle English (denoting a standard measure): from Old French gauge (noun), gauger (verb), variant of Old Northern French jauge (noun), jauger (verb), of unknown origin.

Information about gage

Hyphenation of gage

gage

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • gage is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

gage synonyms

Meaning pot:

pot, grass, dope, weed, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed

Meaning gauge:

gauge

Meaning bet on:

back, stake, game, punt

Meaning US spelling of metre1:

meter

Meaning a graduated rod or tape used for ascertaining the size of something:

measure

Meaning a thing that indicates the state or level of something:

indicator

Meaning a face of a clock or watch that is marked to show units of time:

dial

Meaning each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another:

scale

Meaning (in a book or set of books) an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc. with reference to the pages on which they are mentioned:

index

Meaning a performance, show, or event staged for public entertainment:

display

Meaning the relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is:

size

Meaning the area covered by something:

extent

Meaning the amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present:

degree

Meaning the extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant:

scope

Meaning the maximum amount that something can contain:

capacity

Meaning size:

magnitude

Meaning the measurement or extent of something from side to side; the lesser of two or the least of three dimensions of a body:

width

Meaning the distance or measurement from side to side of something; width:

breadth

Meaning a region or part of a town, a country, or the world:

area

Meaning the distance through an object, as distinct from width or height:

thickness

Meaning the full extent of something from end to end; the amount of space that something covers:

span

Meaning the distance from the top or surface to the bottom of something:

depth

Meaning the measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top:

height

Meaning the diameter of a bore; the calibre:

bore

Meaning a transverse measurement of something; width or thickness:

diameter

Meaning determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically:

calculate

Meaning reckon or calculate (a figure or amount):

compute

Meaning cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature:

determine

Meaning find (something) out for certain; make sure of:

ascertain

Meaning determine the total number of (a collection of items):

count

Meaning find out how heavy (someone or something) is, typically using scales:

weigh

Meaning express or measure the quantity of:

quantify

Translation of gage

Words that rhyme with gage

Gage, broadgage, baggage, foggage, luggage, frigage, coengage, counterdisengage, disengage, drengage, engage, greengage, preengage, reengage, burgage, countergage, harbergage, herbergage, nonburgage, undergage, disgage, dismortgage, mortgage, overmortgage, remortgage, submortgage, unmortgage

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