Gear Definition–noun | 1. | Machinery. | a. | a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. |
| b. | an assembly of such parts. |
| c. | one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. |
| d. | a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear. |
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| 2. | implements, tools, or apparatus, esp. as used for a particular occupation or activity; paraphernalia: fishing gear. |
| 3. | a harness, esp. of horses. |
| 4. | Nautical. | a. | the lines, tackles, etc., of a particular sail or spar. |
| b. | the personal tools, clothing, and other possessions of a sailor. |
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| 5. | portable items of personal property, including clothing; possessions: The campers keep all their gear in footlockers. |
| 6. | wearing apparel; clothing: The fashion pages of the Sunday paper are featuring the latest fall gear. |
–verb (used with object) | 8. | to provide with or connect by gearing. |
| 9. | to put in or into gear. |
| 10. | to provide with gear; supply; equip. |
| 11. | to prepare, adjust, or adapt to a particular situation, person, etc., in order to bring about satisfactory results: The producers geared their output to seasonal demands. |
–verb (used without object) | 12. | to fit exactly, as one part of gearing into another; come into or be in gear. |
–adjective | 13. | Slang. great; wonderful. |
—Verb phrases| 14. | gear down, | a. | Automotive. to shift the transmission o
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| b. | to reduce in scope or intensity: With less income you'll have to gear down your spending habits. |
| 15. | gear up, | a. | to make or get ready for a future event or situation: Insiders say the senator is gearing up to run for governor. |
| b. | to get or put on equipment or clothing for a particular purpose: The hikers geared up for the long trek down the mountain. |
| c. | to arouse or excite, as w
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—Idioms| 16. | in gear, | a. | Machinery. in the state in which gears are connected or meshed: The car is in gear. |
| b. | in proper or active working order; functioning continuously without trouble: Every department in this company must be in gear at all times. |
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| 17. | in or into high gear, in or into a state of utmost speed, activity, or efficiency: Military rearmament moved into high gear. |
| 18. | out of gear, Machinery. in the state in which gears are not connected or meshed: The engine is out of gear. |
| 19. | shift or switch gears, to change one's attitude, course of action, methods, etc., in an abrupt, dramatic, or unexpected manner: In the middle of the second act the play shifts gears from comedy to tragedy. |
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