gage

IPA: gˈeɪdʒ

noun

  • Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
  • (obsolete) Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
  • A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
  • (slang, dated) Marijuana
  • (archaic, UK, slang) A pint pot.
  • (archaic, UK, slang, metonymically) A drink.
  • (archaic, UK, slang) A tobacco pipe.
  • (archaic, UK, slang) A chamberpot.
  • (archaic, UK, slang) A small quantity of anything.
  • (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A quart pot.
  • A surname originating as an occupation.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
  • A female given name.
  • A ghost town in New Mexico.
  • A town in Oklahoma.
  • (US) Alternative spelling of gauge (“a measure, instrument for measuring, etc.”) [A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard]
  • Initialism of Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees.

verb

  • To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.
  • (archaic) To bet or wager (something).
  • (obsolete) To deposit or give (something) as a pledge or security; to pawn.
  • (US) Alternative spelling of gauge (“to measure”) [(transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.]
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Examples of "gage" in Sentences

  • Gage Reinhart has the superhuman power of flight.
  • The gage at the bridge differs from the USGS gage.
  • The mean discharge over the life of the gage was 2.7 cfs.
  • The Houston and Shreveport changed the gage to standard in 1894.
  • This gage is carried on the forward exterior part of the housing.
  • During the years 1906 and 1907, the gage was changed to standard.
  • The gage cutting surface is the largest plane surface on the head.
  • The magnet operates on the sensor which is mounted externally on the gage.
  • The bridge portion of the strain gage is adhesively secured to the diaphragm.
  • The taper plug gage is an internal gage in the shape of the frustum of a cone.

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