The noun judge has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (6) judge, justice, jurist, magistrate -- (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)
2. (3) evaluator, judge -- (an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality)
Overview of verb judge
The verb judge has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (11) judge -- (determine the result of (a competition))
2. (8) evaluate, pass judgment, judge -- (form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people")
3. (6) estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge -- (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds")
4. (1) pronounce, label, judge -- (pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here")
5. judge, adjudicate, try -- (put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials")