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gear noun 1 (also gearwheel) a toothed wheel or disc that engages with another wheel or disc having a different number of teeth, and turns it, so transmitting motion from one rotating shaft to another. 2 the specific combination of such wheels or discs that is being used • second gear • low gear • to change gear. 3 colloq the equipment or tools needed for a particular job, sport, etc. 4 aeronautics landing gear. 5 colloq personal belongings. 6 colloq clothes, especially young people's current fashion. 7 slang drugs. verb (geared, gearing) to supply something with, or connect it by, gears. in gear said especially of a motor vehicle: with a gear selected. out of gear 1 said of a motor vehicle: with no gear selected. 2 not working properly.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c as gere in obsolete sense 'arms' or 'equipment': from Norse gervi.
gear something to or towards something else to adapt or design it to suit (a particular need). gear oneself up to become or make oneself ready or prepared. gear something up finance to raise the gearing of (a company). |
gear noun 1 (also gearwheel) a toothed wheel or disc that engages with another wheel or disc having a different number of teeth, and turns it, so transmitting motion from one rotating shaft to another. 2 the specific combination of such wheels or discs that is being used • second gear • low gear • to change gear. 3 colloq the equipment or tools needed for a particular job, sport, etc. 4 aeronautics landing gear. 5 colloq personal belongings. 6 colloq clothes, especially young people's current fashion. 7 slang drugs. verb (geared, gearing) to supply something with, or connect it by, gears. in gear said especially of a motor vehicle: with a gear selected. out of gear 1 said of a motor vehicle: with no gear selected. 2 not working properly.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c as gere in obsolete sense 'arms' or 'equipment': from Norse gervi.
gear something to or towards something else to adapt or design it to suit (a particular need). gear oneself up to become or make oneself ready or prepared. gear something up finance to raise the gearing of (a company). |
gear noun 1 (also gearwheel) a toothed wheel or disc that engages with another wheel or disc having a different number of teeth, and turns it, so transmitting motion from one rotating shaft to another. 2 the specific combination of such wheels or discs that is being used • second gear • low gear • to change gear. 3 colloq the equipment or tools needed for a particular job, sport, etc. 4 aeronautics landing gear. 5 colloq personal belongings. 6 colloq clothes, especially young people's current fashion. 7 slang drugs. verb (geared, gearing) to supply something with, or connect it by, gears. in gear said especially of a motor vehicle: with a gear selected. out of gear 1 said of a motor vehicle: with no gear selected. 2 not working properly.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c as gere in obsolete sense 'arms' or 'equipment': from Norse gervi.
gear something to or towards something else to adapt or design it to suit (a particular need). gear oneself up to become or make oneself ready or prepared. gear something up finance to raise the gearing of (a company). |
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