Antonyms for
gage
To bind (someone) by pledge or security
0 antonyms 4 letters

No Antonyms Found for Gage

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All Definitions for Gage

Below are all the dictionary definitions of gage:

1To bind (someone) by pledge or security
2To engage.
3Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
4To bet or wager (something).
5To deposit or give (something) as a pledge or security
6To pawn.
7Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge
8Security, ransom.
9Marijuana
10A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
11A pint pot.
12A drink.
13A tobacco pipe.
14A chamber pot.
15A small quantity of anything.
16A quart pot.
17A surname originating as an occupation.
18A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
19A female given name.
20A place in the United States:
21An unincorporated community in Ballard County, Kentucky.
22A ghost town in Luna County, New Mexico.
23A town in Ellis County, Oklahoma, named after Lyman J. Gage.
24An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
25Alternative spelling of gauge. [A measure
26A standard of measure
27An instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity
28A standard]
29Alternative spelling of gauge. [(transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge
30To measure the capacity of.]
31Initialism of Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees.

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