Meaning

10 senses
  1. (uncountable)Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.

    Ausrüstung

    снаряже́ниеsnarjažénije

  2. (countable, uncountable)Clothing; garments.

  3. (countable)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.

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

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

    Gang

    переда́чаperedáča, ско́ростьskórostʹ

    переда́чаperedáča

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

    (countable)A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.

    Gangschaltung

    переда́чаperedáča, трансми́ссияtransmíssija

    переда́чаperedáča

  6. (slang, uncountable)Recreational drugs, including steroids.

    getting on gear

    Stoff

  7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Goods; property; household items.

  8. (archaic, uncountable)Stuff.

  9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Business matters; affairs; concern.

  10. (UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.

More definitions
  • a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
  • equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
  • a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
  • wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

Examples

190 sentences
  1. Get your gear.

    Візьми свої речі.

    ruБери свои вещи.

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  2. Tom put the car into gear.

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  3. Tom put the car in gear.

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  4. Tom put the car in gear and drove away.

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  5. Tom put the car in gear and drove off.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears:
Русский
By meaning 3
equipment or paraphernalia:
a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears:
motor car transmission:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
equipment or paraphernalia:
a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears:
motor car transmission:
(slang) recreational drugs:

Origin

From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną

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.

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Forms

plural: gears
Singulargear
Pluralgears

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion:gear wheelgeared wheelcogwheel
  • equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.:paraphernaliaappurtenance
  • a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle):gear mechanism
  • wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed:gearinggeartrainpower traintrain

Word family

94 related words

See also

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