Gear vs. Lear

Gearnoun

(uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.

Gearnoun

Clothing; garments.

Gearnoun

(obsolete) Goods; property; household items.

Gearnoun

(countable) A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel.

Gearnoun

A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.

Gearnoun

A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.

Gearnoun

(slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.

Gearnoun

Stuff.

Gearnoun

(obsolete) Business matters; affairs; concern.

Gearnoun

Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.

Gearverb

To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.

Gearverb

To be in, or come into, gear.

Gearverb

To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

Gearverb

(usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).

Gearadjective

great or fantastic

Gearnoun

Clothing; garments; ornaments.

Gearnoun

Goods; property; household stuff.

Gearnoun

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

Gearnoun

The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.

Gearnoun

Warlike accouterments.

Gearnoun

Manner; custom; behavior.

Gearnoun

Business matters; affairs; concern.

Gearnoun

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

Gearnoun

See 1st Jeer (b).

Gearnoun

Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish.

Gearverb

To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

Gearverb

To provide with gearing.

Gearverb

To adapt toward some specific purpose; as, they geared their advertising for maximum effect among teenagers.

Gearverb

To be in, or come into, gear.

Gearnoun

a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

Gearnoun

a mechanism for transmitting motion by gears for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

Gearnoun

equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

Gearverb

set the level or character of;

Gearnoun

a toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of a driving mechanism (such as the engine of a vehicle) and the speed of the driven parts (the wheels)

Gearnoun

a particular setting of engaged gears

Gearnoun

used in reference to the level of effort or intensity expended in an activity or undertaking

Gearnoun

equipment or apparatus that is used for a particular purpose

Gearnoun

clothing, especially of a specified kind

Gearnoun

personal possessions and clothes

Gearnoun

illegal drugs

Gearverb

design or adjust the gears in a machine to give a specified speed or power output

Gear

A gear is a rotating circular machine part having cut teeth or, in the case of a cogwheel or gearwheel, inserted teeth (called cogs), which mesh with another toothed part to transmit torque. A gear may also be known informally as a cog.

Learnoun

Something learned; a lesson.

Learnoun

Learning, lore; doctrine.

Learverb

To teach.

Learverb

To learn.

Learverb

To learn. See Lere, to learn.

Learnoun

Lore; lesson.

Learnoun

An annealing oven. See Leer, n.

Learadjective

See Leer, a.

Learnoun

British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)

Learnoun

the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters