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Broad gauge
() A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.
Gauge
(v. t.) To measure or determine with a gauge.
Gauge
(v. t.) To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.
Gauge
(v. t.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.
Gauge
(v. t.) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.
Gauge
(v. t.) To measure the capacity, character, or ability of
Gauge
(n.) A measure
Gauge
(n.) Measure
Gauge
(n.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things
Gauge
(n.) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment
Gauge
(n.) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind
Gauge
(n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
Gauge
(n.) The distance between the rails of a railway.
Gauge
(n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
Gauge
(n.) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid
Narrow
(superl.) Of little breadth
Narrow
(superl.) Of little extent
Narrow
(superl.) Having but a little margin
Narrow
(superl.) Limited as to means
Narrow
(superl.) Contracted
Narrow
(superl.) Parsimonious
Narrow
(superl.) Scrutinizing in detail
Narrow
(superl.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate
Narrow
(n.) A narrow passage
Narrow
(v. t.) To lessen the breadth of
Narrow
(v. t.) To contract the reach or sphere of
Narrow
(v. t.) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
Narrow
(v. i.) To become less broad
Narrow
(v. i.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other
Narrow
(v. i.) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.
Narrow-minded
(a.) Of narrow mental scope
Sea gauge
() See under Gauge, n.
Water gauge
() A wall or bank to hold water back.
Water gauge
() An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for indicating the height of its surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge.

narrow gauge Bedeutung

close call
close shave
squeak
squeaker
narrow escape
something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
straight and narrow
strait and narrow
the way of proper and honest behavior, he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow
western narrow-mouthed toad
Gastrophryne olivacea
small secretive toad with smooth tough skin of central and western North America
eastern narrow-mouthed toad
Gastrophryne carolinensis
small toad of southeastern United States
anemometer
wind gauge
wind gage
a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind
broad gauge a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard . inches
canal boat
narrow boat
narrowboat
a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals
depth gauge
depth gage
a gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities
fuel gauge
fuel indicator
an indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle
gasoline gauge
gasoline gage
gas gauge
gas gage
petrol gauge
petrol gage
gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle
gauge
gage
a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
micrometer
micrometer gauge
micrometer caliper
caliper for measuring small distances
narrowbody aircraft
narrow-body aircraft
narrow-body
a commercial airliner with a single aisle
narrow gauge a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard . inches
narrow wale corduroy with narrow ribs
pressure gauge
pressure gage
gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure
rain gauge
rain gage
pluviometer
udometer
gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation
standard gauge railroad track having the standard width of . inches
strain gauge
strain gage
a gauge for measuring strain in a surface
surface gauge
surface gage
scribing block
gauge consisting of a scriber mounted on an adjustable stand, used to test the accuracy of plane surfaces
vacuum gauge
vacuum gage
a gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure
water gauge
water gage
water glass
gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir
wire gauge
wire gage
gauge for measuring the diameter of wire
bore
gauge caliber calibre
diameter of a tube or gun barrel
gauge the thickness of wire
narrow margin
narrowness slimness
a small margin, the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory, the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just % of the popular vote
gauge the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
narrow-mindedness
narrowness
an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior
gauge boson a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles
narrow a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water
narrow-leaved flame flower
Talinum augustissimum
similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers, southwestern United States
narrow-leaved white-topped aster a variety of white-topped aster
narrow goldenrod
Solidago spathulata
western American goldenrod with long narrow clusters of small yellow flowers
lesser bullrush
narrow-leaf cattail
narrow-leaved reedmace
soft flag
Typha angustifolia
reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia
Queensland bottletree
narrow-leaved bottletree
Brachychiton rupestris
Sterculia rupestris
large tree of Queensland having creamolored flowers blotched with red inside, sometimes placed in genus Sterculia
flat pea narrow-leaved everlasting pea
Lathyrus sylvestris
European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink, sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure
English plantain
narrow-leaved plantain
ribgrass
ribwort
ripple-grass
buckthorn Plantago lanceolata
an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
narrow-leaved water plantain a variety of water plantain
narrow-leaf penstemon
Penstemon linarioides
plant having small narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers in long open clusters, Utah and Colorado to New Mexico and Arizona
Central American strap fern
narrow-leaved strap fern
Campyloneurum augustifolium
fern with shorter and narrower leaves than Florida strap fern, Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Argentina
silvery spleenwort glade fern
narrow-leaved spleenwort
Athyrium pycnocarpon
Diplazium pycnocarpon
North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks
long beech fern
narrow beech fern
northern beech fern
Phegopteris connectilis
Dryopteris phegopteris
Thelypteris phegopteris
beech fern of North America and Eurasia
gauge
standard of measurement
accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
constrict
constringe
narrow
become tight or as if tight, Her throat constricted
narrow
contract
make or become more narrow or restricted, The selection was narrowed, The road narrowed
gauge mix in specific proportions, gauge plaster
specialize
specialise
narrow narrow down
become more focus on an area of activity or field of study, She specializes in Near Eastern history
gauge adapt to a specified measurement, gauge the instruments
gauge measure precisely and against a standard, the wire is gauged
estimate
gauge
approximate
guess judge
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time), I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
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