gear

Part of speech: verb

To equip; make ready; put into gear.

Part of speech: verb

To come into or be in gear.

Part of speech: noun

Any set of appliances, as of cog wheels, serving to transmit motion; a cog wheel.

Part of speech: noun

Equipment, as dress tools, etc.

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Usage examples "gear":

  1. Divide the number of teeth in the wheel to be marked by the number of teeth in the wheel with which it gears, and multiply by the degree of flank curve selected for the wheel with which that to be marked is to gear, and this will give the ratio. - "Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II", Joshua Rose.
  2. Do you still strip a gear on this thing every time you try to back? - "Homeburg Memories", George Helgesen Fitch.
  3. I hadn't had any loose ends to tie up in the Trade City, since I'd already disposed of most of my gear before boarding the starship. - "The Door Through Space", Marion Zimmer Bradley.