gauge (5 letters)

What it means

1. noun — a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
2. noun — accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
3. noun — the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
4. noun — the thickness of wire
5. noun — diameter of a tube or gun barrel
6. verb — judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
7. verb — rub to a uniform size
8. verb — determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
9. verb — measure precisely and against a standard
10. verb — adapt to a specified measurement
11. verb — mix in specific proportions

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