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Gear
Definitions
- 1 great or fantastic
- 1 A surname.
- 1 Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor. uncountable
- 2 a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion wordnet
- 3 Clothing; garments. countable, uncountable
"Aray thy selfe in her most gorgeous geare"
- 4 equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. wordnet
- 5 Goods; property; household items. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Homely gear and common ware."
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- 6 a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) wordnet
- 7 A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other. countable
"Near-synonyms: (wheel types) cog, cogwheel, gear wheel, gearwheel"
- 8 wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed wordnet
- 9 A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter. countable
- 10 A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.; A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque. countable
- 11 Ellipsis of landing gear. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
"gear-up landing"
- 12 Recreational drugs, including steroids. slang, uncountable
"getting on gear"
- 13 Stuff. archaic, uncountable
"When he was digged up, which was in the presence of the Magistracy of the Town, his body was found entire, not at all putrid, no ill smell about him, saving the mustiness of the grave-Clothes, his joynts limber and flexible, as in those that are alive, his skin only flaccid, but a more fresh grown in the room of it, the wound of his throat gaping, but no gear nor corruption in it; there was also observed a Magical mark in the great toe of his right foot, viz. an Excrescency in the form of a Rose."
- 14 Business matters; affairs; concern. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"goe they both together to their geare."
- 15 Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish. UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
"March 29, 1549, Hugh Latimer, the fourth sermon preached before King Edward That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man."
- 1 To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio. transitive
- 2 set the level or character of wordnet
- 3 To be in gear, come into gear. intransitive
- 4 To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
- 5 To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose). usually
"This shop is not really geared towards people of our age."
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- 6 To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
Etymology
From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.
From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.
From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.
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