Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word GEAR

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Definitions of GEAR

1. Clothing; garments.
2. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
3. (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
4. (obsolete) Goods; property; household items.
5. (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.
6. (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
7. (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
8. (aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear.
9. (uncountable, slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
10. (uncountable, archaic) Stuff.
11. (obsolete) Business matters; affairs; concern.
12. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
13. (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
14. (engineering, intransitive) To be in, or come into, gear.
15. (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).
16. (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
17. (mostly, Scouse) great or fantastic
18. A surname.

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Examples of Using GEAR in a Sentence

• The aircraft produced by Maule Air are tube-and-fabric designs and are popular with bush pilots thanks to their very low stall speed, tundra tires and oleo strut landing gear.
• Sega positioned the Game Gear, which had a full-color backlit screen with a landscape format, as a technologically superior handheld to the Game Boy.
• Zoop is a puzzle video game originally developed by Hookstone and published by Viacom New Media in 1995 for the Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, MS-DOS, Macintosh, PlayStation, Game Gear, and Game Boy, then in 1996 for the Saturn and Jaguar.
• Launched from a trailer-mounted pneumatic catapult, it is recovered with the aid of arresting gear similar to jets on an aircraft carrier.
• Other sources specifically exclude racing bicycles from the definition, using the term to mean a bicycle of a similar style but built more for endurance and less the fast bursts of speed desired in a racing bicycle; as such, they usually have more gear combinations and fewer hi-tech racing features.
• Ma Jun, Chinese mechanical engineer from Cao Wei, invents the south-pointing chariot, a path-finding directional compass vehicle that uses a differential gear, not magnetics.
• In 1998, Hawker Pacific completed its initial public offering of common stock and used the proceeds to acquire the landing gear, flap track and flap carriage operation from British Airways.
• Unicycles' lack of a freewheel means that descents must be controlled all the way, and the typical lack of a gear system (though two-gear hubs are available) prevents the rider from reaching high speeds.
• The term JATO is used interchangeably with the (more specific) term RATO, for rocket-assisted take-off (or, in RAF parlance, RATOG, for rocket-assisted take-off gear).
• Test articles of the Regulus were equipped with landing gear and could take off and land like an airplane.
• Physical skills required for driving include proper hand placement, gear shifting, pedal operation, steering, braking, and operation of ancillary devices.
• Lokros, fearing Herakles might suffer something terrible at the hands of Latinus, who was strong in body and spirit, had hastened to the aid of his guest, having put on military gear.
• A gear or gearwheel is a rotating machine part typically used to transmit rotational motion and/or torque by means of a series of teeth that engage with compatible teeth of another gear or other part.
• Through careful selection of wheel size, track and gear ratios, the figure atop the chariot always pointed in the same direction.
• He is also the creator of the animated television series Catscratch (2005–2007), which aired on Nickelodeon, and was itself a loose adaptation of TenNapel's comic book limited series Gear.
• Fuel, groceries, emergency medical facilities, camping gear, caravan parking and laundry are available at Parnngurr.
• On July 17, 2023, six of the eight New Hope volunteer firefighters resigned and held a press conference in protest, claiming hostile workplace with old gear.
• The fire department billed the local Saputo cheese plant $500,000 for firefighting gear ruined in fighting the fire.
• The Mossyrock Area Action League, who oversee and schedule the festival, gear activities toward family-friendly fare, including attention towards children's games and crafts.
• Two days later, heading for occupied France for repairs, Bismarck was attacked by fifteen Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier ; one scored a hit that rendered the battleship's steering gear inoperable.
• On 12 July 2000, Hapag-Lloyd Flight 3378, an Airbus A310 flying from Chania to Hanover, suffered fuel exhaustion caused in part by the crew's decision to continue the flight despite faulty landing gear that had partially retracted, which resulted in an emergency crash landing at Vienna Airport.
• Windmills were already in use to pump the water out, but in Van de Molens (On mills), he suggested improvements, including the idea that the wheels should move slowly, and a better system for meshing of the gear teeth.
• The smaller capacity engine was then boosted back to Jupiter power levels, while running at higher rpm and thus requiring a reduction gear for the propeller.
• As could be expected, the process of converting two venerable tramp steamers into men-of-war was by no means complete, but over the next few weeks the two erstwhile "tramps" were given their main and secondary batteries as well as sound gear; nevertheless, they appeared to be mere cargo ships.
• One major way to classify watermills is by wheel orientation (vertical or horizontal), one powered by a vertical waterwheel through a gear mechanism, and the other equipped with a horizontal waterwheel without such a mechanism.

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