gear
1. a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel
• Hypernyms:
wheel
• Hyponyms:
bevel gear, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear, escape wheel, pinion,
planetary gear, epicyclic gear, planet wheel, planet gear, rack and pinion, spur gear,
spur wheel, sun gear, worm gear, worm wheel
• Part Meronyms:
cog, sprocket, tooth
2. 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
• Syn:
gearing, geartrain, power train, train
• Hypernyms:
wheelwork
• Hyponyms:
epicyclic train, epicyclic gear train, reduction gear
• Part Holonyms:
engine
3. a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
• Syn:
gear mechanism
• Hypernyms:
mechanism
• Hyponyms:
first gear, first, low gear, low, gearset,
high gear, high, park, reverse, reverse gear, second gear,
second, steering gear, third gear, third, transmission, transmission system
4. equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
• Syn:
paraphernalia, appurtenance
• Hypernyms:
equipment
• Hyponyms:
fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig,
rig, outfit, regalia, rigging, stable gear,
saddlery, tack
set the level or character of (Freq. 3)
- She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience
• Syn:
pitch
• Hypernyms:
adapt, accommodate
• Hyponyms:
popularize, popularise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
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