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noun/ɡɪə//ɡɪː//ˈɡɪjə/
  1. 1

    Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.uncountable

  2. 2

    Clothing; garments.countableuncountable

    • Aray thy selfe in her most gorgeous geare
    • Those Eastern winters, ⁠I can't endure 'em / So every year I pack my gear and come out here till Purim / Rosh Hashanah, I spend in Arizona
  3. 3

    Goods; property; household items.countableobsoleteuncountable

    • Homely gear and common ware.
  4. 4

    A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.countable

    • Near-synonyms: (wheel types) cog, cogwheel, gear wheel, gearwheel
  5. 5

    A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.countable

  6. 6

    A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.; A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.countable

  7. 7

    Ellipsis of landing gear.abbreviationalt-ofcountable

    • gear-up landing
    • Get the gear down quick!
  8. 8

    Recreational drugs, including steroids.slanguncountable

    • getting on gear
  9. 9

    Stuff.archaicuncountable

    • When he was digged up, which was in the presence of the Magistracy of the Town, his body was found entire, not at all putrid, no ill smell about him, saving the mustiness of the grave-Clothes, his joynts limber and flexible, as in those tha
  10. 10

    Business matters; affairs; concern.countableobsoleteuncountable

    • goe they both together to their geare.
verb/ɡɪə//ɡɪː//ˈɡɪjə/
  1. 1

    To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.transitive

  2. 2

    To be in gear, come into gear.intransitive

  3. 3

    To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

  4. 4

    To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).usually

    • This shop is not really geared towards people of our age.
    • They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists.
  5. 5

    To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.

adj/ɡɪə//ɡɪː//ˈɡɪjə/
  1. 1

    great or fantastic

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