gear

noun

/ˈɡɪə/UK/ˈɡiə//ˈɡɪɚ/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Germanic *arwaz Proto-Germanic *garwaz Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *garwijanąder. Old Norse gervibor. Middle English gere English gear 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.

derived from *garwijaną✻ — “to prepare”
derived from gervi
inherited from gere

Definitions

Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
2
Clothing
Clothing; garments.
- Aray thy selfe in her most gorgeous geare
- Those Eastern winters, ⁠I can't endure 'em / So every year I pack my gear and come out here till Purim / Rosh Hashanah, I spend in Arizona
3
Goods
Goods; property; household items.
- Homely gear and common ware.
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1. 4
  A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference,…
  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
2. A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear…
  A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
3. 6
  Ellipsis of landing gear.
  - gear-up landing
  - Get the gear down quick!
4. 7
  Recreational drugs, including steroids.
  - getting on gear
  - "Have you got any gear? Dominic, have you got any acid?" Emma kept running her hands nervously through her hair. "Not LSD, man; that last trip freaked me out."
5. Stuff.
6. 9
  Business matters
  Business matters; affairs; concern.
  - goe they both together to their geare.
7. 10
  Anything worthless
  Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
  - March 29, 1549, Hugh Latimer, the fourth sermon preached before King Edward That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man.
8. To provide with gearing
  To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
9. To be in gear, come into gear.
10. To dress
  To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
11. 14
  To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or…
  To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
  - This shop is not really geared towards people of our age.
  - They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists.
12. To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
13. great or fantastic
14. A surname.

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Derived

782 gear, all the gear and no idea, angel gear, arresting gear, bevel gear, bicycle gear, bicycle landing gear, blast gear, body gear, bottom gear, brakegear, brake gear, cage gear, chafing gear, change gear, change gears, clash gear, click into gear, creeper gear, degear, de-gear, differential gear, drawgear, epicyclic gear, eyegear, fifth gear, find a new gear, find another gear, first gear, fixed-gear bicycle, footgear, foregear, fourth gear, gear acquisition syndrome, gearbox, gear case, gear change, geardo, gear down, Gearhead · +95 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at gear. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at gear. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at gear

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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