English Explanatory Dictionary

gear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
  2. Clothing; garments.
  3. Goods; property; household items.
  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.
  5. A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
  6. A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
  7. Ellipsis of landing gear.
  8. Recreational drugs, including steroids.
  9. Stuff.
  10. Business matters; affairs; concern.
  11. Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
verb
  1. To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
  2. To be in gear, come into gear.
  3. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
  4. To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
  5. To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
adj
  1. great or fantastic
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɪə/ [ˈɡɪə] En-au-gear.ogg /ˈɡiə/ [ˈɡiə] /ˈɡɛː/ [ˈɡɛː] /ˈɡɪɚ/ [ˈɡɪɚ] ~ [ˈɡɪɹ̩] /ˈɡi(ː)ɹ/ [ˈɡi(ː)ɹ]

Word forms

gear gears gearing geared more gear most gear

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Germanic *arwaz Proto-Germanic *garwaz Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *garwijanąder. Old Norse gervibor. Middle English gere English gear From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.

Synonyms

cog cogwheel gear wheel gearwheel

Derived words

782 gear all the gear and no idea angel gear arresting gear bevel gear bicycle gear bicycle landing gear blast gear body gear bottom gear brakegear brake gear cage gear chafing gear change gear change gears clash gear click into gear creeper gear degear de-gear differential gear drawgear epicyclic gear eyegear fifth gear find a new gear find another gear first gear fixed-gear bicycle footgear foregear fourth gear gear acquisition syndrome gearbox gear case gear change geardo gear down Gearhead gear head gearjammer gearknob gear knob gearless gear lever gearlike gearmaker gearman gearmotor gear oil gear queer gearset gear shift gearstick gear stick gear train gearwheel gear-wheel gearwork

Translations

Bulgarian: зъбна предавка Catalan: engranatge Chinese Cantonese: 波 Chinese Mandarin: 擋 /挡 Czech: převod Czech: soukolí Czech: rychlost Danish: gear Dutch: overbrenging Estonian: ülekanne Finnish: vaihde Finnish: vaihteisto French: engrenage Georgian: გადაცემა German: Gang Greek: σχέση Hungarian: sebesség Italian: marcia Japanese: ギア Macedonian: брзина Norwegian Bokmål: gir Norwegian Nynorsk: gir Portuguese: marcha Portuguese: velocidade Russian: переда́ча Russian: ско́рость Scottish Gaelic: gèar Serbo-Croatian: брзѝна Serbo-Croatian: сте̏пе̄н преноса Serbo-Croatian: brzìna Serbo-Croatian: stȅpēn prenosa Slovak: prevod Slovak: prevodový stupeň Slovak: rýchlosť Slovak: súkolie Spanish: marcha Spanish: velocidad Spanish: engranaje Spanish: engrane Ukrainian: переда́ча
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