[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.", "to appraise, estimate, or judge.Synonyms: calculate , value , assess , evaluate", "to make conformable to a standard.", "to mark or measure off; delineate.", "to gradually stretch (a pierced body part, such as the earlobe) by wearing increasingly large objects in the opening:I started gauging my ears recently and am having them stretched every two weeks.", "to prepare or mix (plaster) with a definite proportion of plaster of Paris and mortar.", "to chip or rub (bricks or stones) to a uniform size or shape."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a standard of measure or measurement.", "a standard dimension, size, or quantity.", "any device or instrument for measuring, registering measurements, or testing something, especially for measuring a dimension, quantity, or mechanical accuracy:pressure gauge;marking gauge.", "a means of estimating or judging; criterion; test.", "extent; scope; capacity:trying to determine the gauge of his own strength.", "a plug, stud, or other piece of jewelry worn in a pierced body part in order to stretch it:He had a silver and black gauge in his ear, centered in the elongated lobe.a standard size of such a piercing or piece of jewelry, in a system in which a lower number indicates a larger diameter (often used in combination):I recently went from a 10-gauge to an 8-gauge tongue piercing.Once you reach a certain gauge, your holes probably won’t shrink down to their original size.", "a plug, stud, or other piece of jewelry worn in a pierced body part in order to stretch it:He had a silver and black gauge in his ear, centered in the elongated lobe.", "a standard size of such a piercing or piece of jewelry, in a system in which a lower number indicates a larger diameter (often used in combination):I recently went from a 10-gauge to an 8-gauge tongue piercing.Once you reach a certain gauge, your holes probably won’t shrink down to their original size.", "Ordnance.a unit of measure of the internal diameter of a shotgun barrel, determined by the number of spherical lead bullets of a diameter equal to that of the bore that are required to make one pound:a twelve-gauge shotgun.", "Railroads.the distance between the inner edges of the heads of the rails in a track, usually 4 feet 8.5 inches (1.4 meters)standard gauge,but sometimes morebroad gaugeand sometimes lessnarrow gauge.", "the distance between a pair of wheels on an axle.", "the thickness or diameter of various, usually thin, objects, as the thickness of sheet metal or the diameter of a wire or screw.", "the fineness of a knitted fabric as expressed in loops per every 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters):15 denier, 60 gauge stockings.", "Nautical.the position of one vessel as being to the windwardweather gaugeor to the leewardlee gaugeof another vessel on an approximately parallel course.", "Building Trades.the portion of the length of a slate, tile, etc., left exposed when laid in place.", "the amount of plaster of Paris mixed with mortar or common plaster to hasten the set."]}]