gear

Meaning

Noun

1. Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
2. Clothing; garments.
3. (obsolete) Goods; property; household items.
4. 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; a gear wheel.
5. A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
6. A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
7. Ellipsis of landing gear.
8. (slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
9. Stuff.
10. (obsolete) Business matters; affairs; concern.
11. (obsolete) Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.

Verb

1. To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
2. To be in gear, come into gear.
3. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
4. To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
5. To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.

Adj

great or fantastic

Concepts

gear

equipment

apparatus

device

kit

cogwheel

paraphernalia

appliance

cog

transmission

harness

gear wheel

gearing

machine

accommodate

adapt

adjust

arrange

tool

drive

train

outfit

equipage

things

instrument

set

fit

rigging

tackle

cog-wheel

luggage

pitch

geared wheel

appurtenance

gear mechanism

geartrain

power train

key

mechanism

square

toothed wheel

fishing tackle

sprocket

wheel

array

fix up

speed

cases

baggage

bags

impedimenta

suitcases

materials

implements

personal gear

put in gear

clothing

apparel

implement

nonsense

velocity

attire

costume

dress

garb

guise

habit

raiment

suit

suit of clothes

vesture

accouter

equip

provide

provision

rig

stock

store

supply

victual

order

regulate

settle

machinery

spur wheel

speed-change gear

speed-change mechanism

speed-shifting mechanism

variable-speed gear

chamfering hob

wheel gear

article

atone

conciliate

match

mesh

put right

realise

reconcile

transcribe

transfer

transplant

transpose

try

try on

address

aim

airt

angle

canalise

canalize

direct

head

level

make

orient

steer

throw

travel purposefully

wend

switch

accouterment

accoutrement

contrivance

gadget

instruments

tools

furniture

utensils

asset

ratchet

hardware

matériel

pinion

hitch up

yoke

landing gear

goods

stuff

possessions

clutch

apparate

contraption

gismo

widget

appurtenances

facilities

fixture

fixtures

furnishings

generator

installations

tackling

tooling

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.

Sentences

He landed the plane with a damaged gear , but no major damage .