gear

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Significado (Inglês)

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.

equipment

fishing tackle

toothed wheel

geared wheel

cog-wheel

gear mechanism

suit of clothes

put in gear

wend

personal gear

spur wheel

travel purposefully

chamfering hob

variable-speed gear

wheel gear

matériel

speed-change mechanism

speed-change gear

speed-shifting mechanism

address

conciliate

gadget

Freqüência

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɡɪə(ɹ)/

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.