meaning of guess2
1. A guess warp.
2. A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.
3. To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
4. To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.
5. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.
6. To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
7. To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.
8. To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.
9. An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise.
10. an estimate based on little or no information
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