gage in English dictionary

  • gage

    Meanings and definitions of "gage"

    • Alternative spelling of gauge. To measure.
    • (obsolete) To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn
    • (archaic) To wager, to bet.
    • Something, such as a glove or other pledge thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
    • Alternative spelling of gauge. Used especially as a technical term of measuring devices and standard measures.
    • A form of jewelry which creates a hole of variable size in the earlobe, popular especially among some young people in the West, perhaps on analogy with similar devices found in various non-Western indigenous cultures.
    • A short form of greengage.
    • (obsolete) Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
    • noun
      (slang, dated)
      marijuana
    • noun
      A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
    • noun
      US alternative spelling of [i]gauge[/i] (a measure, instrument for measuring, etc.)
    • noun
      Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
    • verb
      (US)
      Alternative spelling of [i]gauge[/i] (to measure)
    • verb
      (obsolete)
      To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn.
    • verb
      (archaic)
      To wager, to bet.
    • verb
      To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
    • Fruit tree belonging to the genus Prunus of the Rosaceae family, cultivated for its fruits, plums
    • noun
      a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
    • noun
      street names for marijuana
    • verb
      place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"

    Synonyms of "gage" in English dictionary

    smoke, grass, green goddess are the top synonyms of "gage" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of gage

    • gage ( plural  gages)
    • gage ( third-person singular simple present gages, present participle gaging, simple past and past participle gaged)
    • gage (plural gages)
    • gage (third-person singular simple present gages, present participle gaging, simple past and past participle gaged)
  • Gage

    Meanings and definitions of "gage"

    • A surname.
    • A male given name, modern transferred use of the surname.
    • proper
      A surname.
    • proper
      A male given name, modern transferred use of the surname.
    • proper
      A ghost town in New Mexico.
    • proper
      A town in Oklahoma.

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