GEAR

I. noun see: yare Date: 14th century 1. clothing , garments, movable property ; goods, equipment , paraphernalia , 3. the rigging of a ship or boat, the harness especially of horses, absurd talk ; nonsense , doings, 6. a. a mechanism that performs a specific function in a complete machine , a toothed wheel, working relation, position, order, or adjustment , a level or pace of functioning , one of two or more adjustments of a transmission (as of a bicycle or motor vehicle) that determine mechanical advantage, relative speed, and direction of travel, ~less adjective II. verb Date: 1851 transitive verb 1. to provide (as machinery) with ~ing, to connect by ~ing, 2. to make ready for effective operation, to adjust so as to match, blend with, or satisfy something , intransitive verb 1. to be in ~ ; mesh , shift 1c , to become adjusted so as to match, blend, or harmonize