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gear


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  gear 
 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  gear 
 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  gear 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  gear 
 
  1  sense  of  gear 
 
  Sense  1 
  gear,  pitch 
  =>  adapt,  accommodate 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  gear 
 
  gear  used  as  a  verb  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  gear 
 
  Sense  1 
  gear,  pitch 
  =>  adapt,  accommodate 
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  Grep  of  noun  gear 
  bevel  gear 
  chafing  gear 
  differential  gear 
  epicyclic  gear 
  epicyclic  gear  train 
  first  gear 
  fishing  gear 
  footgear 
  foul-weather  gear 
  gear 
  gear  case 
  gear  mechanism 
  gear  wheel 
  gearbox 
  gearing 
  gears 
  gearset 
  gearshift 
  gearstick 
  geartrain 
  headgear 
  high  gear 
  landing  gear 
  low  gear 
  pinion  and  ring  gear 
  planet  gear 
  planetary  gear 
  reduction  gear 
  second  gear 
  spur  gear 
  stable  gear 
  steering  gear 
  sun  gear 
  third  gear 
  worm  gear 
 
  Overview  of  noun  gear 
 
  The  noun  gear  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  gear,  gear  wheel,  cogwheel  --  (a  toothed  wheel  that  engages  another  toothed  mechanism  in  order  to  change  the  speed  or  direction  of  transmitted  motion) 
  2.  gear,  gear  mechanism  --  (a  mechanism  for  transmitting  motion  by  gears  for  some  specific  purpose  (as  the  steering  gear  of  a  vehicle)) 
  3.  gear,  paraphernalia,  appurtenances  --  (equipment  consisting  of  miscellaneous  articles  needed  for  a  particular  operation  or  sport  etc.) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  gear 
 
  The  verb  gear  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  gear,  pitch  --  (set  the  level  or  character  of  "She  pitched  her  speech  to  the  teenagers  in  the  audience") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  gear 
  geared 
  in  gear 
  out  of  gear 
 
  Overview  of  noun  gear 
 
  The  noun  gear  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  gear,  gear  wheel,  cogwheel  --  (a  toothed  wheel  that  engages  another  toothed  mechanism  in  order  to  change  the  speed  or  direction  of  transmitted  motion) 
  2.  gear,  gear  mechanism  --  (a  mechanism  for  transmitting  motion  by  gears  for  some  specific  purpose  (as  the  steering  gear  of  a  vehicle)) 
  3.  gear,  paraphernalia,  appurtenances  --  (equipment  consisting  of  miscellaneous  articles  needed  for  a  particular  operation  or  sport  etc.) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  gear 
 
  The  verb  gear  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  gear,  pitch  --  (set  the  level  or  character  of  "She  pitched  her  speech  to  the  teenagers  in  the  audience") 



gear definition