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Gear   /gɪr/   Listen
Gear

noun
1.
A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.  Synonyms: cogwheel, gear wheel, geared wheel.
2.
Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.  Synonyms: gearing, geartrain, power train, train.
3.
A mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle).  Synonym: gear mechanism.
4.
Equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc..  Synonyms: appurtenance, paraphernalia.
verb
(past & past part. geared; pres. part. gearing)
1.
Set the level or character of.  Synonym: pitch.



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"Gear" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the same file and with the same steady step toward the forest on the other side the clearing. Right soon they vanished from view among the trees. They had gone in quest of scalps, but in the hunt more than one proud spirited brave was to lose his own natural head-gear, and of those who went forth, the majority ...
— Camp-fire and Wigwam • Edward Sylvester Ellis

... he shouted after them, as they plunged out of sight, somewhat jerkily, for Thomas, who had not driven a great deal, was not a master of gear-shifting. His mother ...
— The Old Gray Homestead • Frances Parkinson Keyes

... that is dropt in those furrows of fear, Will lift to the sun neither blade nor ear. Down it drops plumb, Where no spring times come; And here there needeth no harrowing gear: Wheat nor poppy nor any leaf Will cover this naked ground ...
— Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood • George MacDonald

... hopeless cold; to smile oily smiles, and tell queer ghost and fairy tales of evenings, and eat till they could eat no more, and sing the endless woman's song: "Amna aya, aya amna, ah! ah!" through the long lamp-lighted days as they mended their clothes and their hunting-gear. ...
— The Second Jungle Book • Rudyard Kipling

... low-gear work tearing through the jungle. Krannon had his face buried in the periscope mask and silently fought the controls. With each mile the going seemed to get better, until he finally swung up the periscope and opened the window armor. The jungle was still thick and deadly, ...
— Deathworld • Harry Harrison


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