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,
  • (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
    gearing, geartrain, power train, train,
  • (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

  • (v) set the level or character of
    • She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience
    pitch,

Synonyms

pitch cogwheel geared wheel gear wheel gearing geartrain power train train gear mechanism appurtenance paraphernalia

Words of close approximity

gean
Geb gee gel gem gen get
gean geek geld gelt gene Genf gens Gent genu germ geta Geum
gearbox gear box gear case geared geared wheel gearing gear lever gear mechanism gearset gearshift gearstick geartrain gear up gear wheel