gage
Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combatSomething, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
» He says there is now no way they can gage the election's validity or contest the results.
Значение
значений: 10(переходный)Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
(переходный)A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
(устаревшее, сленг, переходный, неисчисляемое)Marijuana
street names for marijuana
(устаревшее, переходный)Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
(Британия, архаичное, исчисляемое, сленг, переходный, неисчисляемое)A pint pot.
(Британия, архаичное, исчисляемое, метонимически, сленг, переходный, неисчисляемое)A drink.
(Британия, архаичное, исчисляемое, сленг, переходный, неисчисляемое)A tobacco pipe.
(Британия, архаичное, исчисляемое, сленг, переходный, неисчисляемое)A chamber pot.
(Британия, архаичное, исчисляемое, сленг, переходный, неисчисляемое)A small quantity of anything.
(Британия, исчисляемое, устаревшее, переходный, неисчисляемое)A quart pot.
Примеры
предложений: 1He says there is now no way they can gage the election's validity or contest the results.
Происхождение
From Middle English gage, from later Old French or early Middle French gager (verb), (alsoFrom Middle English gage, from later Old French or early Middle French gager (verb), (also guagier in Old French) gage (noun), ultimately from Frankish *waddi, from Proto-Germanic *wadją (whence English wed). Doublet of wage, from the same origin through the Old Northern French variant wage. See also mortgage.
Back-formation from greengage.
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