n.
Pronunciation: ' gir
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English gere, from Old Norse gervi, g ỏ rvi; akin to Old English gearwe equipment, clothing, gearu ready ― more at YARE
Date: 14th century
1 a : CLOTHING , GARMENTS b : movable property : GOODS
2 : EQUIPMENT , PARAPHERNALIA <fishing gear >
3 a : the rigging of a ship or boat b : the harness especially of horses
4 dialect chiefly British : absurd talk : NONSENSE
5 dialect chiefly British : DOINGS
6 a (1) : a mechanism that performs a specific function in a complete machine <steering gear > (2) : a toothed wheel (3) : working relation, position, order, or adjustment <got her career in gear > (4) : a level or pace of functioning <kicked their performance into high gear > b : 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
– gear · less \ -l ə s \ adjective
G gear 6a(2)