1. gage(n = noun.artifact) dope, grass, green goddess, locoweed, mary jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed - street names for marijuana;
is a kind of cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana
2. gage(n = noun.artifact) gauge - a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.;
is a kind of measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system
has particulars: anemometer, wind gage, wind gauge, depth gage, depth gauge, dipstick, gas gage, gas gauge, gasoline gage, gasoline gauge, petrol gage, petrol gauge, pressure gage, pressure gauge, pluviometer, rain gage, rain gauge, udometer, strain gage, strain gauge, scribing block, surface gage, surface gauge, vacuum gage, vacuum gauge, water gage, water gauge, water glass, wire gage, wire gauge
gage(v = verb.competition) back, bet on, game, punt, stake - place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
is one way to bet, play, wager
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s on something
1. A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security. [1913 Webster]
"Nor without gages to the needy lend." [1913 Webster]
2. A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance. Shak. [1913 Webster]
A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage. [1913 Webster]
1. To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge. [1913 Webster]
"A moiety competent
Was gaged by our king." [1913 Webster]
2. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage. [1913 Webster]
"Great debts
Wherein my time, sometimes too prodigal,
Hath left me gaged." [1913 Webster]
A measure or standard. See Gauge,
To measure. See Gauge,
"You shall not gage me
By what we do to-night." [1913 Webster]
gage, n. & v.
--n.
1 a pledge; a thing deposited as security.
2 a a challenge to fight. b a symbol of this, esp. a glove thrown down.
--v.tr. archaic stake, pledge; offer as a guarantee.
gage, US var. of GAUGE.
gage, n. = GREENGAGE.
Etymology:
abbr.
N security, guaranty, guarantee, gage, warranty, bond, tie, pledge, plight, mortgage, collateral, debenture, hypothecation, bill of sale, lien, pawn, pignoration, real security, vadium, stake, deposit, earnest, handsel, caution, promissory note, bill, bill of exchange, I, O, U, personal security, covenant, specialty, parole, acceptance, indorsement, signature, execution, stamp, seal, sponsor, cosponsor, sponsion, sponsorship, surety, bail, mainpernor, hostage, godchild, godfather, godmother, recognizance, deed of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, authentication, verification, warrant, certificate, voucher, docket, doquet, record, probate, attested copy, receipt, acquittance, quittance, discharge, release, muniment, title deed, instrument, deed, deed poll, assurance, indenture, charter, charter poll, paper, parchment, settlement, will, testament, last will and testament, codicil, bonis avibus, gone where the woodbine twineth.
N measurement, admeasurement, mensuration, survey, valuation, appraisement, assessment, assize, estimate, estimation, dead reckoning, reckoning, gauging, horse power, metrology, weights and measures, compound arithmetic, measure, yard measure, standard, rule, foot rule, compass, calipers, gage, gauge, meter, line, rod, check, dividers, velo, flood mark, high water mark, Plimsoll line, index, scale, graduation, graduated scale, nonius, vernier, bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer, pantometer, pluviometer, pneumatometer, pneumometer, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer, telemeter, udometer, vacuometer, variometer, viameter, thermometer, thermistor (heat) &c, barometer (air), anemometer (wind), dynamometer, goniometer, (angle) 244 meter, landmark, balance, scale, marigraph, pneumatograph, stethograph, rain gauge, rain gage, voltmeter (volts), ammeter (amps), spectrophotometer (light absorbance), mass spectrophotometer (molecular mass), geiger counter, scintillation counter (radioactivity), pycnometer (liquid density), graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume), radar gun (velocity), radar (distance), side-looking radar, (shape, topography), sonar (depth in water), light meter (light intensity), clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time), anemometer (wind velocity), densitometer (color intensity), measurability, computability, determinability, coordinates, ordinate and abscissa, polar coordinates, latitude and longitude, declination and right ascension, altitude and azimuth, geometry, stereometry, hypsometry, metage, surveying, land surveying, geodesy, geodetics, geodesia, orthometry, altimetry, cadastre, astrolabe, armillary sphere, land surveyor, geometer, measuring, metric, metrical, measurable, perceptible, noticeable, detectable, appreciable, ponderable, determinable, fathomable, geodetical, topographic, topographical, cartographic, cartographical.
depth gage, gas gage, gasoline gage, pressure gage, rain gage, strain gage, surface gage, vacuum gage, water gage, wedge gage, wind gage, wire gage