Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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gauge | Yes | No | Yes | No |
cipher | Yes | No | Yes | No |
gauge (noun) | cipher (noun) |
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a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. | a secret method of writing |
the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train | a message written in a secret code |
the thickness of wire | a person of no influence |
diameter of a tube or gun barrel | a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential |
accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared | a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number |
gauge (verb) | cipher (verb) |
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measure precisely and against a standard | make a mathematical calculation or computation |
adapt to a specified measurement | convert ordinary language into code |
mix in specific proportions | |
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | |
determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation | |
rub to a uniform size |