Gage

What do we mean by gage?

Something deposited or given as security against an obligation; a pledge. noun

Something, such as a glove, that is offered or thrown down as a pledge or challenge to fight. noun

A challenge. noun

To pledge as security. transitive verb

To offer as a stake in a bet; wager. transitive verb

Any of several varieties of plum, such as the greengage. noun

To adjust the proper quantity of water to be used in mixing hydraulic cement.

A standard of measure; an instrument for determining the dimensions, capacity, quantity, force, etc., of anything; hence, any standard of comparison or estimation; measure in general: as, a gage for the thickness of wires; to take the gage of a man's ability. noun

Specifically— In the air-pump, an instrument of various forms for indicating the degree of exhaustion in the receiver. The kind most commonly used is the siphon-gage (which see, below). noun

In joinery, an instrument for striking a line on a board, etc., parallel to its edge, consisting of a square rod with a marker near its end and an adjustable sliding piece for a guide. noun

In printing, a measure of the length of a page, or a graduated strip of wood, metal, or cardboard for determining the number of lines of type of a certain size in a given space. noun

In type-founding, a piece of hard wood or polished steel, variously notched, used to adjust the dimensions, slopes, etc., of the various sorts of letters. noun

Same as grip, 7. (See also caliber-gage, center-gage, gaging-rod, pressure-gage, rain-gage, steam-gage, wind-gage, and phrases below.) noun

A standard or determinate dimension, quantity, or amount; a fixed or standard measurement. noun

Nautical: The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. noun

The position of a ship with reference to another vessel and to the wind. When to the windward she is said to have the weather-gage; when to the leeward, the lee-gage. noun

A quart pot. noun

An instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any part of its length. It consists of a graduated brass tube having at one end a head from which radiate two fixed and two movable steel points. A slider in the graduated tube pushes outward the movable points as may be necessary. noun

A pledge or pawn; a movable chattel laid down or given as security for the performance of some act or the fulfilment of some condition. noun

Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).

Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.

Words that are spelled similarly to gage:
gage.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word gage:
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Words that rhyme with gage:
gauge, age, engage, sage, assuage, stage, rage, page, cage, wage, outrage, rampage, osage, swage, disengage, backstage, upstage, paige, onstage, teenage, enrage, phage, plage, macrophage, greige, offstage, lage, rib cage, stone age, ice age, iron age, batting cage, golden age, middle age, old age, brage, restage, downstage, kage, hage, gaige, squirrel cage, broad gauge, blue sage, minimum wage, schrage, come of age, rain gauge, bronze age, living wage, wind gauge, pressure gauge, of age, latency stage, clary sage, title page, narrow gauge, wire gauge, standard gauge, chronological age, mental age, space age, water gauge, bethpage, oral stage, elizabethan age, bone age, legal age, under-age, fuel gauge, iron cage, silver age, victorian age, genital stage, gray sage, strain gauge, full page, landing stage, wood sage, drage, take the stage, wild sage, black sage, chaparral sage, silver sage, mealy sage, sand sage, voting age, common sage, theater stage, anal stage, thrust stage, pitcher sage, vacuum gauge, drinking age, jerusalem sage, take stage, prairie sage, california sage, micrometer gauge.

Adjectives that are often used to describe gage:
weather, standard, general, pressure, type, narrow, single, differential, light, strain, active, special, functional, green, inch, american, heavy, automatic, psi, typical, electric, ordinary, simple, electrical, mechanical, wire, adjustable, accurate, thin, electronic, manifold, proper, optical, true, sensitive, unbonded, fixed, suitable, cylindrical, level, internal, compensating, vernier, broad, hydraulic, absolute, bonded, nuclear, minimum, conventional, flat, element, feeler, plain, progressive, calibrated, rosette, mort, liquid, magnetic, portable, inclined, longer, double, visual.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective gage:
steel, metal, needles, transducer, wire, material, needle, railway, railroad, method, pressure, materials, line, sheets, transducers, cars, members, elements, metals, tracks, wires, rosettes, glass, records, reading, road, cells, sheet, cell, work, bridges, type, element, brandon, rosette, lines, plum, height, blocks, sensor, sensors, installation, stock, plums, minute, iron, plates, studs, balance, plate, length, parts, panels, glasses, balances, data, accelerometer, aluminum, deck, sections, record, beams, roads, construction, strips, copper, tubing, track, tubes, colby, thermocouples, resistance, application, instrument, measurement, location, makers, thermocouple, transduction, columns, calibration, attachment, downs, design, maker, blank, examination, structures, alloys, locomotives, gold, heights, express, trains, valve, rails.

Consonant match to gage:
gauge, gouge, gaige, googe, guige.

Words that sound like gage:
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