gear

noun

  1. 1

    a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

  2. 2

    equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

  3. 3

    a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

  4. 4

    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

verb

  1. 1

    set the level or character of

    She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience

Synonyms

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