gages
Meaning of gages
plural noun
a valued object deposited as a guarantee of good faith.
verb, 3rd person present- 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.
plural noun
variant spelling of gauge (noun).
verb, 3rd person present
variant spelling of gauge (verb).
plural 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.
plural noun- an instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something.
a fuel gauge
- the thickness, size, or capacity of something, especially as a standard measure.
- 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
- estimate or determine the amount, level, or volume of.
astronomers can gauge the star's intrinsic brightness
- 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 gages
- The singular form of gages is: gage.
- Languages in which gages is used:
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Hyphenation of gages
gages
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- gages is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
gages synonyms
Meaning US spelling of metre1:
Meaning a graduated rod or tape used for ascertaining the size of something:
Meaning a thing that indicates the state or level of something:
Meaning a face of a clock or watch that is marked to show units of time:
Meaning each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another:
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:
Meaning a performance, show, or event staged for public entertainment:
Meaning the relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is:
Meaning the area covered by something:
Meaning the amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present:
Meaning the extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant:
Meaning the maximum amount that something can contain:
Meaning size:
Meaning the measurement or extent of something from side to side; the lesser of two or the least of three dimensions of a body:
Meaning the distance or measurement from side to side of something; width:
Meaning a region or part of a town, a country, or the world:
Meaning the distance through an object, as distinct from width or height:
Meaning the full extent of something from end to end; the amount of space that something covers:
Meaning the distance from the top or surface to the bottom of something:
Meaning the measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top:
Meaning the diameter of a bore; the calibre:
Meaning a transverse measurement of something; width or thickness:
Meaning determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically:
Meaning reckon or calculate (a figure or amount):
Meaning cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature:
Meaning find (something) out for certain; make sure of:
Meaning determine the total number of (a collection of items):
Meaning find out how heavy (someone or something) is, typically using scales:
Meaning express or measure the quantity of:
Words that rhyme with gages
Ages, ages, ambages, cabbages, circumambages, cribbages, cubages, garbages, herbages, tubages, birdcages, bocages, boscages, brocages, cages, carucages, discages, encages, incages, ribcages, socages, soccages, uncages, adages, appendages, bandages, bavardages, blindages, bondages, brigandages, cloudages, contrabandages, cordages, faldages, fardages, frondages, garlandages, groundages, guardages, guidages, headages, hidages, husbandages, impoundages, marivaudages, pondages, poundages, scaffoldages, sondages, unbandages