Definition of Gear

Noun

  • 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)
    - gear mechanism
  • wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
    "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"
    - geartrain - power train
  • a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
    - gear wheel - geared wheel

Verb

  • set the level or character of
    "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
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Unscramble gear

21 unscramble word found using the letters gear.
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