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gear

UK/ɡɪː/ US/ɡɪə/ common slang uk
verb (1) noun (3)

verb

1.

set the level or character of

  • “She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience”
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noun

1.

a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

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2.
3.

equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

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Origin

From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”).

Phrases

  • 782 gear
  • all the gear and no idea
  • angel gear
  • arresting gear
  • bevel gear
  • bicycle gear
  • bicycle landing gear
  • blast gear
  • gear to
  • gear towards
  • gear up

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