Meaning & Definition of Gauge in English

1. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.

2. Accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared

3. The distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train

4. The thickness of wire

5. Diameter of a tube or gun barrel

1. Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

• "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

2. Rub to a uniform size

• "Gauge bricks"

3. Determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation

• "Gauge the wine barrels"

4. Measure precisely and against a standard

• "The wire is gauged"

5. Adapt to a specified measurement

• "Gauge the instruments"

6. Mix in specific proportions

• "Gauge plaster"