Definitions for gear
gɪərgear

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheelnoun

   a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

2. gearing, gear, geartrain, power train, trainnoun

   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. gear, gear mechanismnoun

   a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

4. gear, paraphernalia, appurtenanceverb

   equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

5. gear, pitchverb

   set the level or character of

   "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"

GCIDERate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Gearverb

   To adapt toward some specific purpose; as, they geared their advertising for maximum effect among teenagers.

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. gearnoun

   equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.

2. gearnoun

   a wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.

3. gearnoun

   a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.

4. gearnoun

   A configuration of the transmission of an motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque

5. gearnoun

   stuff.

6. gearverb

   To fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.

7. gearinterjection

   (mostly British (Scouse)) great or fantastic

8. Etymology: From gervi.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gearnoun

   Etymology: gyrian, to cloath; geawre, furniture, Saxon.

   1. Furniture; accoutrements; dress; habit; ornaments.

   Array thyself in her most gorgeous gear. Fairy Queen.

   When he found her bound, stript from her gear,
   And vile tormenters ready saw in place,
   He broke through. Edward Fairfax, b. ii. stan. 27.

   When once her eye
   Hath met the virtue of this magick dust,
   I shall appear some harmless villager,
   Whom thrift keeps up about his country gear. John Milton.

   I fancy every body observes me as I walk the street, and long to be in my old plain gear again. Joseph Addison, Guardian.

   To see some radiant nymph appear
   In all her glitt’ring birthday gear,
   You think some goddess from the sky
   Descended, ready cut and dry. Jonathan Swift.

   2. The traces by which horses or oxen draw.

   Apollo’s spite Pallas discern’d, and flew to Tydeus’ son;
   His scourge reacht, and his horse made fresh; then took her angry run
   At king Eumelus, brake his gears. George Chapman, Iliads.

   The frauds he learn’d in his fanatick years
   Made him uneasy in his lawful gears. Dryden.

   3.Stuff. Thomas Hanmer

   If fortune be a woman, she is a good wench for this gear. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   4. [In Scotland.] Goods or riches: as, he has gear enough.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gearnoun

   clothing; garments; ornaments

2. Gearnoun

   goods; property; household stuff

3. Gearnoun

   whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material

4. Gearnoun

   the harness of horses or cattle; trapping

5. Gearnoun

   warlike accouterments

6. Gearnoun

   manner; custom; behavior

7. Gearnoun

   business matters; affairs; concern

8. Gearnoun

   a toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively

9. Gearnoun

   an apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe

10. Gearnoun

    engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear

11. Gearnoun

    see 1st Jeer (b)

12. Gearnoun

    anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish

13. Gearverb

    to dress; to put gear on; to harness

14. Gearverb

    to provide with gearing

15. Gearverb

    to be in, or come into, gear

16. Etymology: [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing, adornment, armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG. garaw, garw ornament, dress. See Yare, and cf. Garb dress.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gear

   A gear or cogwheel is a rotating machine part having cut teeth, or cogs, which mesh with another toothed part in order to transmit torque. Two or more gears working in tandem are called a transmission and can produce a mechanical advantage through a gear ratio and thus may be considered a simple machine. Geared devices can change the speed, torque, and direction of a power source. The most common situation is for a gear to mesh with another gear; however, a gear can also mesh with a non-rotating toothed part, called a rack, thereby producing translation instead of rotation. The gears in a transmission are analogous to the wheels in a pulley. An advantage of gears is that the teeth of a gear prevent slipping. When two gears of unequal number of teeth are combined, a mechanical advantage is produced, with both the rotational speeds and the torques of the two gears differing in a simple relationship. In transmissions which offer multiple gear ratios, such as bicycles and cars, the term gear, as in first gear, refers to a gear ratio rather than an actual physical gear. The term is used to describe similar devices even when the gear ratio is continuous rather than discrete, or when the device does not actually contain any gears, as in a continuously variable transmission.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gear

   gēr, n. a state of preparation: dress: harness: tackle: (mech.) connection by means of toothed wheels: (obs.) a matter, affair.—v.t. to put in gear, as machinery.—p.adj. Geared, connected with the motor by gearing.—ns. Gear′ing, harness: working implements: (mech.) a train of toothed wheels and pinions; Gear′-wheel, a wheel with teeth or cogs which impart or transmit motion by acting on those of another wheel; Driv′ing-gear, those parts in a machine most nearly concerned in imparting motion.—Multiplying gearing, a combination of cog-wheels for imparting motion from wheels of larger to wheels of smaller diameter, by which the rate of revolution is increased; Out of gear, out of running order, unprepared; Straight gearing, the name given when the planes of motion are parallel—opposed to Bevelled gearing, when the direction is changed (see Bevel). [M. E. gere, prob. Ice. gervi; cf. A.S. gearwe, Old High Ger. garawi, Eng. yare and gar, v.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gear

   A general term for a collection of spars, ropes, blocks, and equipment used for lifting and stowing cargo and ships stores.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gear

   [the Anglo-Saxon geara, clothing]. A general name for the rigging of any particular spar or sail; and in or out of gear implies anything being fit or unfit for use.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gear

   Warlike accoutrements; military harness; equipage.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gear

   A mechanism for transmitting motion for a specific purpose.

   Many vehicles have a gear of a specific kind as a function.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 25, 2020  

Suggested ResourcesRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GEAR

   What does GEAR stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the GEAR acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GEAR

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gear is ranked #15259 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gear surname appeared 1,926 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Gear.
   
   83.8% or 1,614 total occurrences were White.
   11.1% or 214 total occurrences were Black.
   2% or 39 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 32 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 16 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Adapt
   • Mechanism
   • Wheel
   • Wheelwork

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'gear' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3648

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'gear' in Nouns Frequency: #1771

Anagrams for gear »

1. ager

2. areg

3. GRAE

4. rage

5. agre

6. gare

How to pronounce gear?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say gear in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gear in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gear in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of gear in a Sentence

1. Jeffery Lewis:

   The video showed workers in protective gear that you would expect for COVID-19 victims, what the satellite images allowed us to do was authenticate the video, saying not only that it was taken here but also when it was taken. So, we know this isn't old footage, but rather footage from this pandemic.

2. Justin Gatlin:

   I just took my time and made sure I was in the top three coming out of the curve, i knew Ameer was gonna run. He’s got one gear, so he’s gonna go.

3. Stanford University historian Adrienne Mayor:

   Excavations of Eurasian graves have uncovered battle-scarred female skeletons dressed in tunics and trousers, and buried with quivers full of arrows, battle-axes, spears, and horse gear, so we know that genuine warrior women really existed at the time and places reported by the ancient Greeks and other cultures.

4. Guy Cecil:

   It may seem early to many of us, but with the amount of money pouring in from the far right wing, the time has come for our side to kick things into high gear, we have a lot of work to do in the months ahead, but we are starting to see some real momentum.

5. Haley Huggins:

   You also want lots of room for tumbling inside your dryer — less is more, and you definitely don’t want to put too many pieces of gear in there because they will get all tangled together.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gear
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=gear
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gear
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gear
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gear
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gear
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gear
8. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=gear
10. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html