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Gear   /gɪr/   Listen
Gear

noun
1.
A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.  Synonyms: cogwheel, gear wheel, geared wheel.
2.
Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.  Synonyms: gearing, geartrain, power train, train.
3.
A mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle).  Synonym: gear mechanism.
4.
Equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc..  Synonyms: appurtenance, paraphernalia.
verb
(past & past part. geared; pres. part. gearing)
1.
Set the level or character of.  Synonym: pitch.



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"Gear" Quotes from Famous Books



... the one-sided broom when Brit drove out through the gate and up the trail which she knew led eventually to Sugar Spring. The horses, sleek in their new hair and skittish with the change from hay to new grass, danced over the rough ground so that the running gear of the wagon, with its looped log-chain, which would later do duty as a brake on the long grade down from timber line on the side of Spirit Canyon, rattled and banged over the rocks with the clatter that could be heard ...
— Sawtooth Ranch • B. M. Bower

... insures a proper coiling of the chain in the grooves. The motive power is derived from two cylinders 10 in. in diameter and 16 in. stroke, one being bolted to each side frame; these cylinders, which are provided with link motion and reversing gear, drive a steel crank shaft 23/4 in. in diameter; on this shaft is a steel sliding pinion which drives the ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 • Various

... interfere, was an almost overwhelming joy. He longed to pour out his soul in gratitude for all that she had done for him at the hospital; he burned to tell her that she was the most beautiful and holy thing that had ever come into his life; but instead he only got his foot tangled in the steering gear, and muttered something about her "not driving a car ...
— Quin • Alice Hegan Rice

... heart that wears one, Come every steel blade, and strong hand that bears one. Leave untended the herd, the flock without shelter; Leave the corpse uninterred, the bride at the altar; Leave the deer, leave the steer, leave nets and barges: Come with your fighting gear, broadswords and targes. Come as the winds come, when forests are rended, Come as the waves come, when navies are stranded: Faster come, faster come, faster and faster, Chief, vassal, page and groom, tenant and master. ...
— The American Union Speaker • John D. Philbrick

... was taken off the running-gear, and the tarpaulin cover so adjusted as to make it water-tight. Rafter was a skillful carpenter, having once done honest work in a Maine shipyard, so that the improvised boat was soon ready for transportation. ...
— The Border Boys Across the Frontier • Fremont B. Deering


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