n.
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 gauge v.
1.judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
2.rub to a uniform size
3.determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
4.measure precisely and against a standard
5.adapt to a specified measurement
6.mix in specific proportions
Idiom of the Day
put (something) above (something)
to regard something as more important than something else
The man puts his family above everything else
