Word Finder - gear

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

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Clothing; garments.

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Goods; property; household items.

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A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel.

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• cog
• cogwheel
• gearwheel

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A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.

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

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Recreational drugs, including steroids.

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Stuff.

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Business matters; affairs; concern.

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Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.

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To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.

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To be in, or come into, gear.

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To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

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(usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).

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They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists.

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To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.

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Great or fantastic

I guess your gear is back in your car.

I'll just leave most of my ice climbing gear in the car.

He stu­diously perused the biking catalogs for the additional gear he would need for the trek and crossed his fingers he'd chosen cor­rectly.

The collection was made up of Shipton's newly purchased, barely used, ice climbing gear, ropes, ice axes, pitons and various garments.

The gate guards were doubled, armed and wearing tactical gear, the perimeter lit by intense floodlights.

And while he isn't sure exactly where it was staged, there's a possibility he might have been in the same theatrical company that played Ouray, went broke and left their gear in storage.

Dean's gear was now being transported by sag wagon like everyone else's.

Instead of everyone running around, slipping and sliding, shoveling slushy muck and shivering, here people just shift into a lower gear, listen to the quiet and enjoy the temporary peace.

Most of the climbers have partners up here with their gear, ready to help.

This second method forms the basis of the lifting gear in all hydraulic cranes.

Piles of gear were stacked about while partners called out to those below, fed line and encouragement, while others watched, a number with anxious looks on their reddened faces as they looked downward.

He dropped his gear in his suite, curious not to find Lana within.

With his silver pride and joy secured to the bike rack, a spare change of clothes and rain gear in his pannier and some fruit and crackers for a snack, he rolled away from town to the peace and quiet of the countryside.

Two of the young ice climber descended the stairs and began gathering their suitcases and gear piled by the door.

Most of the climbing gear was absent, presumably picked up by Weller at the ice park.

The muscular woman, with short blond hair and clad in black tactical gear, stood in a stark white hallway.

In electric cranes the motor is connected to the barrel, either in a similar manner by spur gear or by worm gear.

A horizontal arm fixed to a vertical shaft in gear with the mechanism sweeps over these pins at the rate of about two revolutions per second.

He silently thanked Katie and grabbed his gear.

Dean drove with even more caution now that the melted road sections were beginning to freeze anew, downshifting, allowing the reduced gear to slow the vehicle.

Once the festival was underway, this would be the prime area for gear demonstration.

Did he pick up everything—all the items Jake Weller brought by and the luggage we were holding—and the climbing gear?

Now try the above steps but change gear down just after the throttle blip.

Every man here needs to check his gear for tears or other issues!

Their gear was strung across three other beds, much to the doctor's irritation.

Organized tours provided sag wagons—vehi­cles to haul luggage from one overnight stop to another—but Dean preferred carrying his own gear rather than taking time to sift through a thousand sets of belongings nightly.

They found the gear with little trouble where Gibbons had directed.

They both crawled into the tent and pulled in the gear behind them just as the last of the day was fading.

Shifting to his highest gear, Dean raced in pursuit down a long incline.

They were hearty, dedicated men, but their gear was damaged, their protective suits sloppily stitched in many places, their boots in need of soles.

At a glance it appeared the gear was newer than usual and Dean could read the L. L. Bean label on the backpack.

They took extra time replacing the gear, trying to duplicate exactly the way they'd found it.

Dean only half remembered hastily packing his tent and gear, washing up and putting away a plate of waffles and fruit.

There was another concern—once the bikers hit the lower ele­vation and the heat of the afternoon, they would be shedding outer gear and perhaps identifying numbers with them.

It was too early for the vamps to be in the gym, so she stripped down to her undershirt without changing into her sparring gear and began pounding into the dummy in front of her.

This is the long splined shaft with a sixteen inch gear at one end.

So, equipped with kedge anchors and cable, and adorned in their skin-tight diving gear, they set off.

The output gear drives the upper tungsten carbide anvil via a specially designed housing.

The gear linking the two wheel axles is raised slightly above center line to achieve a correct mesh distance.

The azimuth Drive is based upon a helical gear machined into the outside race of the azimuth bearing.

This lightweight, compact backpack holds a surprising amount of gear in a small space.

I'll teach you a method of working that's much more valuable than a whole bagful of expensive gear.

Outdoor Gear We stock a range of outdoor gear for the occasional walker to the dedicated munroe bagger.

We discussed the positively balmy conditions for February, both somewhat amazed to be perspiring in our fishing gear.

The system is activated when reverse gear is engaged and indicated by a single beep.

And their machines beep when they shift into backward gear.

First the boat was moored in gear from the lock waiting layby, the center rope securely tied around the wooden post bollards.

What gear do you like to use in the DJ booth?

B Take off the wheel For a hub gear, you need to disconnect the cable and take out the delicate indicator rod first.

We will take all the camping gear to possibly set up a " traveling camping gear to possibly set up a " traveling camp " down C9.