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1. (n.) gear
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
2. gear
an assembly of such parts.
3. gear
implements, tools, or apparatus, esp. as used for a particular occupation or activity; paraphernalia:
fishing gear.
4. gear
a harness, esp. of horses.
5. gear
the riggings of a ship or a particular sail or spar.
6. gear
portable items of personal property, including clothing.
7. gear
wearing apparel; clothing.
8. gear
armor or arms.
9. (v.t.) gear
to provide with or connect by gearing.
10. gear
to put in or into gear.
11. gear
to provide with gear; supply; equip.
12. gear
to prepare, adjust, or adapt to a particular situation, person, etc.:
geared their output to seasonal demands.
13. (v.i.) gear
to fit exactly, as one part of gearing into another.
14. gear
gear up,
15. gear
to make or get ready for a future event or situation.
16. (adj.) gear
Slang. great; wonderful.
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| Definition of 'gear' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
2. (noun) gearing, gear, geartrain, power train, train
wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
"the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"
3. (noun) gear, gear mechanism
a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
4. (verb) gear, paraphernalia, appurtenance
equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
5. (verb) gear, pitch
set the level or character of
"She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
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1. (noun) gear
a part of a vehicle that controls the speed of the wheels
How many gears does this bicycle have?; first/second/third etc. gear; to change gear
2. gear
clothes or equipment for an activity
skiing gear
3. (verb) gear
geared to/toward
made suitable for
a show that's geared toward children rather than adults
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| Definition of 'gear' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) gear
clothing; garments; ornaments
2. (noun) gear
goods; property; household stuff
3. (noun) gear
whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material
4. (noun) gear
the harness of horses or cattle; trapping
5. (noun) gear
warlike accouterments
6. (noun) gear
manner; custom; behavior
7. (noun) gear
business matters; affairs; concern
8. (noun) gear
a toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively
9. (noun) gear
an apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe
10. (noun) gear
engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear
11. (noun) gear
see 1st Jeer (b)
12. (noun) gear
anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish
13. (verb) gear
to dress; to put gear on; to harness
14. (verb) gear
to provide with gearing
15. (verb) gear
to be in, or come into, gear
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| Definition of 'gear' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. gear
A general term for a collection of spars, ropes, blocks, and equipment used for lifting and stowing cargo and ships stores.
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Sense: (usually in plural) a set of toothed wheels which act together to carry motion
a car with automatic gears.
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 Afrikaans: ratte |
 Arabic: مُسَنَّنَه |
 Bulgarian: скорости |
 Brazilian: marcha |
 Czech: řazení rychlostí |
 German: das Getriebe |
 Danish: gearsystem; gear |
 Greek: γρανάζι (πληθ.) |
 Spanish: engranaje |
 Estonian: (jõu)ülekanne |
 Farsi: یک سری چرخ دنده که با یکد |
 Finnish: vaihteisto |
 French: engrenage |
 Hebrew: גַלגַל שִׁינַיִים |
 Hindi: सामान |
 Croatian: zupčanici |
 Hungarian: fogaskerék; seb(esség)vál |
 Indonesian: gerigi |
 Icelandic: tannhjólakerfi |
 Italian: ingranaggio, cambio |
 Japanese: 伝動装置 |
 Korean: 기어 |
 Lithuanian: pavara |
 Latvian: zobrats |
 Malay: gear |
 Dutch: drijfwerk |
 Norwegian: tannhjul |
 Polish: przekładnia |
 Persian: یک سری چرخ دنده که با یکد |
 Pashto: ګير، هغه اّله چې په ماشين |
 Portuguese: mudança |
 Romanian: angrenaj |
 Russian: зубчатая передача;привод |
 Slovak: radenie rýchlosti |
 Slovenian: prestava |
 Serbian: prenosnik |
 Swedish: kugghjul, drev, växel |
 Thai: เฟือง |
 Turkish: vites |
 Taiwanese: 齒輪傳動裝置 |
 Ukrainian: привід |
 Urdu: گراریاں جس کے ذریعہ انجن |
 Vietnamese: bánh răng |
 Chinese: （齿轮）传动装置 |
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