GEAR
\ɡˈi͡ə], \ɡˈiə], \ɡ_ˈiə]\
Definitions of GEAR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
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a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
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a mechanism for transmitting motion by gears for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
By Princeton University
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equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
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a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
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a mechanism for transmitting motion by gears for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Clothing; garments; ornaments.
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Goods; property; household stuff.
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Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.
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The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
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Warlike accouterments.
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Manner; custom; behavior.
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Business matters; affairs; concern.
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A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.
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An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe.
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Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear.
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See 1st Jeer (b).
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Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish.
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To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
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To provide with gearing.
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To be in, or come into, gear.
By Oddity Software
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Clothing; garments; ornaments.
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Goods; property; household stuff.
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Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.
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The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
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Warlike accouterments.
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Manner; custom; behavior.
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Business matters; affairs; concern.
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A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.
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An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe.
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Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear.
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See 1st Jeer (b).
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Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish.
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To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
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To provide with gearing.
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To be in, or come into, gear.
By Noah Webster.
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Clothing; garments; ornaments; apparatus; tackle; harness; dress; a toothed wheel; adjustment of parts to each other; as, out of gear.
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To put cogs or teeth on; harness; dress.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Dress: harness: tackle: (mech.) connection by means of toothed wheels.
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To put in gear, as machinery.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To equip; make ready; put into gear.
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To come into or be in gear.
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Any set of appliances, as of cog wheels, serving to transmit motion; a cog wheel.
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Equipment, as dress tools, etc.
By James Champlin Fernald
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