Words · Common
gear
/ɡɪɹ/ · 4 letters · 4 distinct letters
- verb
set the level or character of
She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience
- noun
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
- noun
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
- noun
a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
- noun
equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.