gage

/geidʤ/
Học thuật
Thân thiện
Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A measuring instrument: A device for measuring and indicating a quantity, such as thickness, pressure, or amount of rain.
    • A pledge or token of challenge: Something, such as a glove, thrown down as a symbol of a challenge to fight.
    • Something deposited as security; a pawn: An item given as a guarantee for a loan or obligation.
    • (Slang) Marijuana: A street name for the cannabis plant.

  2. Verb:

    • To pledge or stake as security: To deposit something as a guarantee or pawn.
    • To offer as a challenge: To throw down a gage (like a glove) as a challenge.
    • To bet or wager: To place a bet on something.
Usage Examples

  • Noun (Measuring Instrument):

    • The pressure gage showed a dangerous reading.
    • Check the rain gage to see how much precipitation we received.

  • Noun (Token of Challenge):

    • The knight threw down his gage, demanding satisfaction for the insult.

  • Noun (Security/Pawn):

    • He left his watch as a gage for the loan.

  • Noun (Slang: Marijuana):

    • He was caught with some gage in his pocket.

  • Verb (To Pledge):

    • He had to gage his family's heirloom to pay the debt.

  • Verb (To Bet):

    • I'll gage ten dollars on the home team to win.
Advanced Usage

  • "To throw down the gage": To issue a formal challenge.

    • By publicly accusing him of lying, she effectively threw down the gage.

  • "In gage of": As a pledge or security for.

    • The land was held in gage of the treaty's fulfillment.
Variants and Related Words

  • Gauge: The more common modern spelling for the measuring instrument and its related verb meanings (to measure, estimate, or standardize). "Gage" is an accepted variant, but "gauge" is predominant.

    • The fuel gauge was broken.
    • It's hard to gauge his true intentions.

  • Engagement: A formal agreement or pledge, related to the "pledge" sense of gage.

Synonyms
  • Noun (Instrument): Meter, indicator, measure.
  • Noun (Pledge): Pawn, security, collateral, pledge.
  • Noun (Challenge): Challenge, defiance.
  • Verb (Bet): Bet, wager, stake, back.
  • Verb (Pledge): Pawn, pledge, hock.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions

(While "gage" itself does not commonly form phrasal verbs, the related verb "gauge" does.) - Gauge by: To judge or estimate using a particular standard. - You can't gauge a person's character by their appearance alone.

Related Idioms
  • The gage is thrown: A challenge has been issued.
    • With that lawsuit, the gage is thrown; a long legal battle is now inevitable.
Noun
  1. a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
  2. street names for marijuana
Verb
  1. place a bet on
    • Which horse are you backing?
    • I'm betting on the new horse

Từ đồng nghĩa

Từ gần giống

Từ chứa "gage"