Gear

Noun

 * 1)  equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
 * 2)  a wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
 * 3)  a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
 * 4)  A configuration of the transmission of an motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque

Synonyms

 * cog, cogwheel, gearwheel

Verb

 * 1) To fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.

Interjection

 * 1) (mostly British (Scouse)) great or fantastic

Adjectives for Gear
new-fashioned; dainty; dangerous; diminishing; adamantine; shapeless; bloody; military.

Verbs for Gear
change—; connect—s; damage—s; drive in —; equip with—; fit with—; grease—; lock—; provide—; put into—; repair—; reverse—; rip—; strip—s; throw into—; — grinds; —s mesh.

Adverbs for Gear
adequately; delicately; ately; complicatedly;

Adverbs for Gear
mechanically; intrichighly; scientifically. clownishly; deliberately; pretentiously; comically; grotesquely;  outlandishly;  sensationally; theatrically; stupidly; heavily; youthfully.

Thesaurus
Hydromatic, accessories, accommodate, accouter, accouterments, action, adapt, adjust, apparatus, apparel, appendages, appliances, appoint, appointments, appurtenances, arm, armament, array, attire, automatic transmission, bag and baggage, baggage, bedizenment, belongings, chattels, clobber, clockworks, clothes, clothing, cog, cogwheel, conveniences, cordage, cording, costume, differential, differential gear, drapery, dress, dressing, drive train, duds, duffel, dunnage, effects, equip, equipage, equipment, facilities, facility, fashion, fatigues, feathers, fig, fit, fit out, fit up, fittings, fixtures, freewheel, furnish, furnishings, furniture, garb, garments, gear train, gearbox, gearing, gearshift, gearwheel, goods, guise, habiliment, habiliments, habit, heel, high, impedimenta, implements, innards, installations, intermediate, investiture, investment, junk, kit, linen, livery, low, luggage, machinery, man, materials, materiel, means, mechanism, motion, movement, movements, munition, munitions, neutral, outfit, overdrive, panoply, paraphernalia, plant, plumbing, possessions, power train, prepare, rack, rags, raiment, regalia, reverse, rig, rig out, rig up, rigging, robes, ropework, roping, running rigging, service, serving, servomechanism, shit, sportswear, staff, standard transmission, standing rigging, stick shift, stock-in-trade, stuff, style, suit, supplies, synchromesh, tack, tackle, tackling, tailor, things, threads, togs, toilette, tools, transmission, trappings, traps, trim, turn out, uniform, utensils, vestment, vestments, vesture, watchworks, wear, wearing apparel, wheels, wheels within wheels, whipping, workings, works

Etymology
From gervi.

Noun

 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: εξοπλισμός, σύνεργα
 * Macedonian:


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:


 * Croatian: zupčanik
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: οδοντωτός τροχός
 * Italian: ingranaggio
 * Latvian: zobrats


 * Macedonian: запченик
 * Portuguese: engrenagem
 * Romanian: roată dințată
 * Russian: зубчатое колесо,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: зупчаник
 * Slovak: ozubené koleso
 * Spanish: engranaje


 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: Gang
 * Italian: marcia


 * Macedonian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: степен преноса
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish: marcha, velocidad


 * Croatian: stupanj prijenosa
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ταχύτητα
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: marcha
 * Romanian: cutie de viteze, schimbător de viteză
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Derived terms

 * change gear
 * change gears
 * high gear
 * gear lever
 * gear shift
 * gear up
 * shift gear
 * shift gears

Verb

 * Italian: ingranare


 * : engranar

Anagrams

 * ager
 * areg
 * GRAE
 * rage

Etymology
From gér:.

Adjective

 * 1) sharp, keen
 * 2) sour, acid

Alternative forms

 * ġēr

Etymology
, from. Cognate with Old Frisian jēr, Old Saxon jār (Dutch jaar), Old High German jār (German Jahr), Old Norse ár (Danish/Norwegian/Swedish år, Icelandic/Faroese ár), Gothic 𐌾𐌴𐍂:. The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek ‘season’, Russian, Czech jaro,  Lithuanian jore ‘springtime’.

Noun

 * 1) year
 * Ðis wæs feorþes geares his rices: this was in the fourth year of his reign. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)
 * 1) the runic character ᛄ (/j/)

Derived terms

 * ġēardagas

Descendants

 * English: year

Etymology
gelare:

Verb

 * 1) to frost (weather)

Adverb
gear


 * 1) together