gear
Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
Noun 4 meanings
Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
Clothing; garments.
A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
“Near-synonyms: (wheel types) cog, cogwheel, gear wheel, gearwheel”
A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
Verb 4 meanings
To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
To be in gear, come into gear.
To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
“This shop is not really geared towards people of our age.”
Adjective 1 meaning
great or fantastic
Etymology
From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.
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GEAR at a glance
GEAR has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (G 2 + E 1 + A 1 + R 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,169 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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