gear  /gɪər/

noun

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

synset: gear, gear_wheel, geared_wheel, cogwheel

2. 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"

synset: gearing, gear, geartrain, power_train, train

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

synset: gear, gear_mechanism

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

synset: gear, paraphernalia, appurtenance

verb

1. set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"

synset: gear, pitch

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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