To measure something (such as wood, fabric etc), prior to marking or cutting it

present participle of measure the drapes

To engage in a contest.

To fight with swords. / To try one's skill against somebody else.

Light goods for which transportation charges are assessed based on bulk, not weight.

To take part in a dance; to dance.

(mathematical analysis, measure theory) A measure-like function derived from some premeasure as follows: when it is applied to a set E, it yields the infimum of the premeasures of all possible premeasurable covers of E. More abstractly, a measure-like function whose domain is the power set of some underlying set, which has the properties of (1) yielding zero when applied to the empty set, (2) being monotonic (if A is subset of B then this function applied to A is less-than-or-equal to this function applied to B), (3) being subadditive (if A is a countable sum of Bⱼ's then this function applied to A is less-than-or-equal to the sum of the applications of this function to the Bⱼ's).

past participle of measure the drapes

To an equal extent.

a kitchen utensil used primarily to measure small volumes of liquid or bulk solid cooking ingredients.