1.b> (); to measure a piece of cloth ; to measure a piece of ground ; to measure land ; a thermometer measures temperature ;
2.b> 1) (, ); to measure smb. for clothes ; I am going to be measured for an overcoat ;
2) , , ..i> (); to measure the gravity of the situation ; to measure a person with one's eye / -; to measure smb. from head to foot ; he measured his foe / ;
3.b> i> ; this room measures 30 feet across ;
4.b> (); to measure one's strength with smb. / ; I'll measure my strength against his , ;
5.b> (); ; ; to measure one's desires by one's means ; measure your speech by your listeners , ;
6.b> .i> i> () / ;
7.b> .i> (); , (.i> to measure out);
to measure offb> (); to measure off a metre of cloth ;
to measure outb> (), ; ; to measure out a spoonful of medicine ; he measured out a tot of rum to each of us ;
to measure upb> 1) , ..i> (); she measures up with me ; ;
2) , (, ..i>); he measures up to his task ; to measure up to smb. / ;
to measure one's lengthb> ; to measure swords with smb.b> , ; to measure one's cloth by another's yardb> / .
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