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gear       (gîr)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, that meshes with another toothed part to transmit motion or to change speed or direction.
    2. A complete assembly that performs a specific function in a larger machine.
    3. A transmission configuration for a specific ratio of engine to axle torque in a motor vehicle.
    4. Clothing and accessories: the latest gear for teenagers.
    5. Personal belongings, including clothing: keeps her gear in a trunk.
    6. A ship's rigging.
    7. A sailor's personal effects.
  2. Equipment, such as tools or clothing, used for a particular activity: fishing gear. See Synonyms at equipment.
    1. Clothing and accessories: the latest gear for teenagers.
    2. Personal belongings, including clothing: keeps her gear in a trunk.
    3. A ship's rigging.
    4. A sailor's personal effects.
  4. The harness for a horse.
  5. Nautical
    1. A ship's rigging.
    2. A sailor's personal effects.

v.   geared, gear·ing, gears

v.   tr.
    1. To equip with gears.
    2. To connect by gears.
    3. To put into gear.
  2. To adjust or adapt so as to make suitable: geared the speech to a conservative audience.
  3. To provide with gear; equip.

v.   intr.
  1. To come into or be in gear.
  2. To become adjusted so as to fit or blend.

Phrasal Verb(s):
gear up
To 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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geared

adjective
equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged [ant: ungeared] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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