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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
gear
n 1: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in
order to change the speed or direction of transmitted
motion [syn: gear, gear wheel, geared wheel,
cogwheel]
2: wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by
which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed;
"the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain" [syn:
gearing, gear, geartrain, power train, train]
3: a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose
(as the steering gear of a vehicle) [syn: gear, gear
mechanism]
4: equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a
particular operation or sport etc. [syn: gear,
paraphernalia, appurtenance]
v 1: set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to
the teenagers in the audience" [syn: gear, pitch]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Gear \Gear\, v. i. (Mach.)
To be in, or come into, gear.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Gear \Gear\ (g[=e]r), n. [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing,
adornment, armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG.
garaw[imac], garw[imac] ornament, dress. See Yare, and cf.
Garb dress.]
1. Clothing; garments; ornaments.
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Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear. --Spenser.
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2. Goods; property; household stuff. --Chaucer.
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Homely gear and common ware. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff
or material.
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Clad in a vesture of unknown gear. --Spenser.
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4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
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5. Warlike accouterments. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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6. Manner; custom; behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.]
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Thus go they both together to their gear. --Spenser.
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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.
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9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st Jeer
(b) .
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10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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That servant of his that confessed and uttered this
gear was an honest man. --Latimer.
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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 gear or To throw out of gear (Mach.), to
connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to
put in, or out of, working relation.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Gear \Gear\ (g[=e]r) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Geared (g[=e]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Gearing.]
1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
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2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing.
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3. To adapt toward some specific purpose; as, they geared
their advertising for maximum effect among teenagers.
[PJC]
Double geared, driven through twofold compound gearing, to
increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine.
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Thesaurus Results for Gear:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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