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G0068400 (gîr)n.1. a. A toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, that meshes with another toothed part to transmit motion or to change speed or direction.b. A complete assembly that performs a specific function in a larger machine.c. A transmission configuration for a specific ratio of engine to axle torque in a motor vehicle.2. Equipment, such as tools or clothing, used for a particular activity: fishing gear. See Synonyms at equipment.3. a. Clothing and accessories: the latest gear for teenagers.b. Personal belongings, including clothing: keeps her gear in a trunk.4. The harness for a horse.5. Nautical a. A ship's rigging.b. A sailor's personal effects.v. geared, gear·ing, gears v.tr.1. a. To equip with gears.b. To connect by gears.c. To put into gear.2. To adjust or adapt so as to make suitable: geared the speech to a conservative audience.3. To provide with gear; equip.v.intr.1. To come into or be in gear.2. To shift a transmission: geared down to take the curve.3. To become adjusted so as to fit or blend.Phrasal Verb: gear up To get ready or cause to get ready for a coming action or event: a group of investors who had geared up for the takeover fight; geared themselves up for an argument.

[Middle English gere, equipment, from Old Norse gervi; akin to gera, to do, make, make ready.]

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geared - equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engagedungeared - having gears not engaged or disconnected; "the machine's ungeared pinion"

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Antonyms for geared

adj equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged

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