noun Download 🔗Share Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative). Examples : "Her harsh words were gages thrown down, daring him to disagree with her plan. " action military history war tradition sign Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom. Examples : ""The desperate family offered all their possessions as gages for the safe return of their kidnapped child." " value asset finance property law business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica. Examples : "My grandmother grows several types of plums in her garden, including gages. " fruit plant food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard Examples : "The factory worker used precision gages to ensure each bolt met the exact size requirements for the engine assembly. " technology science technical industry device physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An act of measuring. Examples : "The factory supervisor carefully reviewed the daily gages of steel thickness to ensure quality control. " technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An estimate. Examples : "My dad always makes careful gages of our monthly expenses to stay within budget. " business finance economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things Examples : "The engineer inspected the water tower, checking all the pressure gages to ensure it was safe and functioning correctly. " technology technical machine device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes. Examples : "The instructions for building the birdhouse specified nails of a particular gage to ensure they wouldn't split the thin wood. " technical industry material number Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The distance between the rails of a railway. Examples : "Workers inspected the railway track to ensure the gages were consistent along the line. " technical vehicle structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space. Examples : "In vector spaces used to model student performance, different gages might assign varying numerical "size" values to represent a student's overall understanding of the subject. " math technical function Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance. Examples : "To ensure the sweater fits correctly, check the pattern instructions and make sure your knitted swatches match the specified gages. " technical material number unit Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind. Examples : "A vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it." nautical sailing position Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. Examples : "The harbor master checked the ship's gages to ensure it wouldn't run aground in the shallow channel. " nautical sailing vehicle technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly. Examples : "The plasterer carefully measured the gages of plaster of Paris to ensure the wall would dry quickly and evenly. " material substance building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles. Examples : "The roofer carefully aligned the gages of the slate tiles to ensure a weatherproof seal on the roof. " architecture building material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber. Examples : "My grandfather, a hunter, prefers 12-gauge shotguns because they allow him to load more pellets per pound of shot. " weapon unit technical military science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns). Examples : "After years of hunting with smaller bores, he finally upgraded to a pair of gages for goose season. " weapon military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe. Examples : "Her stretched earlobes featured large, decorative gages made of wood. " body wear appearance style Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading