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