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[noun] a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
[noun] equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
[noun] a mechanism for transmitting motion by gears for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
[verb] set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
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\Gear\, n. [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing, adornment, armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG. garaw[=i], garw[=i] ornament, dress. See {Yare}, and cf. {Garb} dress.] 1. Clothing; garments; ornaments. Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear. --Spenser. 2. Goods; property; household stuff. --Chaucer. Homely gear and common ware. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material. Clad in a vesture of unknown gear. --Spenser. 4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping. 5. Warlike accouterments. [Scot.] --Jamieson. 6. Manner; custom; behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.] Thus go they both together to their gear. --Spenser. 8. (Mech.)
(a) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.
(b) An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe.
(c) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear. 9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st {Jeer}
(b) . 10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Wright. That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man. --Latimer. {Bever gear}. See {Bevel gear}. {Core gear}, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See {Mortise wheel}, under {Mortise}. {Expansion gear} (Steam Engine), the arrangement of parts for cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the cut-off. See under {Expansion}. {Feed gear}. See {Feed motion}, under {Feed}, n. {Gear cutter}, a machine or tool for forming the teeth of gear wheels by cutting. {Gear wheel}, any cogwheel. {Running gear}. See under {Running}. {To throw} {in, or out of}, {gear} (Mach.), to connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to put in, or out of, working relation.
\Gear\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Geared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gearing}.] 1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness. 2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing. {Double geared}, driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine.
\Gear\, v. i. (Mach.) To be in, or come into, gear.

Synonyms for gear

appurtenances, cogwheel, gear mechanism, gear wheel, paraphernalia, pitch

See also: accommodate | bevel gear | first | high | mechanism | outfit | park | planetary gear | planet gear | planet wheel | popularise | reverse | rig | second | second gear | spur wheel | stable gear | tackle | transmission | wheel |

Related terms: adapt, arm, armament, bag and baggage, belongings, chattels, conveniences, cording, drive train, duffel, gearwheel, goods, habiliment, munitions, overdrive, prepare, raiment, rig, tackling, things, trim, vesture

The fun area, different aproach to word »gear«

Let's analyse "gear" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: RAEG. Average typing speed for these characters is 1135 milliseconds. [info]

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Morse code: --. . .- .-.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: gear: 5 + 1 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: gear: 7 + 5 + 1 + 9 = 22, reduced: 22, and the final result is Twenty-Two.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
A (1) 1 Magician Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
E (1) 5 Hierophant Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
G (1) 7 Chariot Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
R (1) 18 Moon Patient, Determined, Strong

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