Definition of Gear

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Definition of Gear

Gear

Clothing; garments; ornaments.

Goods; property; household stuff.

Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.

The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.

Warlike accouterments.

Manner; custom; behavior.

Business matters; affairs; concern.

A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.

An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe.

Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear.

See 1st Jeer (b).

Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish.

To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

To provide with gearing.

To be in, or come into, gear.

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Gear Quotations

Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.
William Shakespeare

My boss told me to get my butt in gear. I told him I was shiftless.
Jay London

He lives with his creativity in high gear.
John Travolta

Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?
Jack London

I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.
Tony Blair

I wanted to go back to Sun. Unfortunately, most of the gear is gone from Sun. The way I take it now, it's almost like a tourist destination. So, it would have been pretty difficult to have brought all the gear into Sun to make it like it was in the '50's.
Brian Setzer

I've had the luxury of owning my own studio, 24 analogue, 48 digital, endless effects, endless hardcore gear, that I don't have to rent, I don't get stuck with the bills, it's all mine.
Billy Sherwood

We must continue to ensure law enforcement has the necessary tools to combat terrorism here at home. We must also work with our allies and provide our military with the weapons and protective gear they need to defeat terrorism abroad.
Timothy Murphy

Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer.
Tom T. Hall

We haven't played that many of them because all our gear was over here waiting for us when we could get here. So we didn't get to rehearse any of the new stuff, so we have planned to play 3 or 4 new ones.
Kerry King

Gear Translations

gear in Danish is gear
gear in Dutch is kamrad, tandrad, tandwiel, kamwiel
gear in German is Zahnrad, Getriebe, Getriebe, Zahnrad
gear in Italian is andamento
gear in Latin is supellex supellectilis, apparatus
gear in Norwegian is redskap, utstyr, gir
gear in Portuguese is engrenagem
gear in Spanish is marcha, funcionamiento

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