gear

Значение (English)

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

Synonyms

equipment

apparatus

cogwheel

kit

device

paraphernalia

appliance

cog

harness

gear wheel

transmission

gearing

adapt

drive

things

equipage

tool

outfit

train

🚋

arrange

adjust

machine

accommodate

instrument

fishing tackle

wheel

🛞

key

🔑

rigging

set

pitch

toothed wheel

geared wheel

geartrain

power train

sprocket

square

appurtenance

luggage

🧳

mechanism

cog-wheel

tackle

fit

gear mechanism

hitch up

impedimenta

implement

implements

installations

instruments

landing gear

level

machinery

make

match

materials

mesh

nonsense

order

orient

pinion

possessions

provide

provision

put right

raiment

ratchet

realise

reconcile

regulate

rig

settle

speed

steer

stock

store

stuff

suit

suitcases

suit of clothes

supply

switch

tackling

throw

tooling

tools

put in gear

transcribe

transfer

transplant

transpose

try

try on

utensils

velocity

vesture

victual

wend

widget

yoke

canalise

airt

personal gear

spur wheel

travel purposefully

chamfering hob

variable-speed gear

wheel gear

matériel

speed-change mechanism

speed-change gear

speed-shifting mechanism

accouter

accouterment

accoutrement

address

aim

angle

apparate

apparel

appurtenances

array

article

asset

atone

attire

baggage

bags

canalize

cases

clothing

clutch

conciliate

contraption

contrivance

costume

direct

dress

👗

equip

facilities

fixture

fixtures

fix up

furnishings

furniture

gadget

garb

generator

gismo

goods

guise

habit

hardware

head

Произносится как (IPA)

/ɡɪə(ɹ)/

Этимология (English)

Inherited from среднеанглийский: gere

In summary

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.

Предложения

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

Он приземлился на самолет с поврежденным снаряжением, но без серьезных повреждений.