verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To strip of gear; to unharness. transitive

   "ungear horses"

2. 2
   To become, or throw out of gear. ambitransitive

   "ungear wheels"

Etymology

From un- + gear.

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