gear
Nouns
- (n) a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion cogwheel, geared wheel, gear wheel,
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(n) wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
- the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain
- (n) a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) gear mechanism,
- (n) equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. appurtenance, paraphernalia,
Verbs
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(v) set the level or character of
- She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience