Definitions for geargɪər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary


  1. 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. an assembly of such parts.

    Category: Machinery

  2. implements, tools, or apparatus, esp. as used for a particular occupation or activity; paraphernalia:

    fishing gear.

  3. a harness, esp. of horses.

  4. the riggings of a ship or a particular sail or spar.

    Category: Nautical

  5. portable items of personal property, including clothing.

  6. wearing apparel; clothing.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  7. armor or arms.

  8. (v.t.)to provide with or connect by gearing.

  9. to put in or into gear.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  10. to provide with gear; supply; equip.

  11. to prepare, adjust, or adapt to a particular situation, person, etc.:

    geared their output to seasonal demands.

  12. (v.i.)to fit exactly, as one part of gearing into another.

  13. gear up, to make or get ready for a future event or situation.

    Category: Verb Phrase

  14. (adj.)Slang. great; wonderful.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Idioms for gear:

  1. in or into high gear,in or into a state of maximum speed and efficiency.

    Category: Idiom

Origin of gear:

1150–1200; ME gere < ON gervi, gørvi; akin to OE gearwe equipment


Princeton's WordNet

  1. gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel(noun)


  2. gearing, gear, geartrain, power train, train(noun)


    "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"

  3. gear, gear mechanism(noun)


  4. gear, paraphernalia, appurtenance(verb)


  5. gear, pitch(verb)

    set the level or character of

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

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. gear(noun)ˈɪr

    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. gearˈɪr

    clothes or equipment for an activity

    skiing gear

  3. gear(verb)ˈɪr

    made suitable for

    a show that's geared toward children rather than adults


  1. gear(Noun)

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

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  5. gear(Noun)


  6. gear(Verb)


  7. gear(Interjection)

    (mostly British (Scouse)) great or fantastic

  8. Origin: From gervi.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gear(noun)

    clothing; garments; ornaments

  2. Gear(noun)

    goods; property; household stuff

  3. Gear(noun)

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

  4. Gear(noun)

    the harness of horses or cattle; trapping

  5. Gear(noun)

    warlike accouterments

  6. Gear(noun)

    manner; custom; behavior

  7. Gear(noun)

    business matters; affairs; concern

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  10. Gear(noun)

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

  11. Gear(noun)

    see 1st Jeer (b)

  12. Gear(noun)

    anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish

  13. Gear(verb)

    to dress; to put gear on; to harness

  14. Gear(verb)

    to provide with gearing

  15. Gear(verb)

    to be in, or come into, gear


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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. gear

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

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

Translations for gear

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary


(usually in plural) a set of toothed wheels which act together to carry motion

a car with automatic gears.

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