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▸ noun: Clothing; garments.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Goods; property; household items.
▸ noun: (countable) A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel.
▸ noun: (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
▸ noun: (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
▸ noun: (uncountable, slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
▸ noun: (uncountable, archaic) Stuff.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Business matters; affairs; concern.
▸ noun: (obsolete, UK, dialect) Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
▸ verb: (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
▸ verb: (engineering, intransitive) To be in gear, come into gear.
▸ verb: To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
▸ verb: (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
▸ verb: (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
▸ adjective: (chiefly Liverpool) great or fantastic
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: (aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear. [(uncountable, countable, aviation) The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft; its undercarriage.]
Similar:
gear wheel,
cogwheel,
appurtenances,
paraphernalia,
pitch,
gear mechanism,
equipment,
clothing,
gearset,
accessory,
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Types:
spur gear,
helical gear,
bevel gear,
worm gear,
planetary gear,
spiral bevel gear,
hypoid gear,
crown gear,
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