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gear
[geer]
–noun
| 1. | Machinery.
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| 2. | implements, tools, or apparatus, esp. as used for a particular occupation or activity; paraphernalia: fishing gear. |
| 3. | a harness, esp. of horses. |
| 4. | Nautical.
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| 5. | portable items of personal property, including clothing; possessions: The campers keep all their gear in footlockers. |
| 6. | wearing apparel; clothing: The fashion pages of the Sunday paper are featuring the latest fall gear. |
| 7. | armor or arms. |
–verb (used with object)
| 8. | to provide with or connect by gearing. |
| 9. | to put in or into gear. |
| 10. | to provide with gear; supply; equip. |
| 11. | to prepare, adjust, or adapt to a particular situation, person, etc., in order to bring about satisfactory results: The producers geared their output to seasonal demands. |
–verb (used without object)
| 12. | to fit exactly, as one part of gearing into another; come into or be in gear. |
–adjective
—Verb phrases| 13. | Slang. great; wonderful. |
| 14. | gear down,
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| 15. | gear up,
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| 16. | in gear,
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| 17. | in or into high gear, in or into a state of utmost speed, activity, or efficiency: Military rearmament moved into high gear. |
| 18. | out of gear, Machinery. in the state in which gears are not connected or meshed: The engine is out of gear. |
| 19. | shift or switch gears, to change one's attitude, course of action, methods, etc., in an abrupt, dramatic, or unexpected manner: In the middle of the second act the play shifts gears from comedy to tragedy. |
Origin:
1150–1200; ME gere < ON gervi, gørvi; akin to OE gearwe equipment
1150–1200; ME gere < ON gervi, gørvi; akin to OE gearwe equipment

Related forms:
gearless, adjective
Synonyms:
2. equipment, outfit, tackle, rig.
2. equipment, outfit, tackle, rig.
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Link To geared
gear (gîr) n.
v. tr.
gear upTo get ready for a coming action or event: a group of investors who had geared up for the takeover fight. [Middle English gere, equipment, from Old Norse gervi; akin to gera, to do, make, make ready.] |
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