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gear

  • noun
  • /ɡɪə/

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

Other meanings

  1. clothing; garments.

  2. 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.

Example sentences

  • “You continue to feed the poor water mill with worn out gears!”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Old Norse "gervi".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “gear” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.