Staff vs. Gear

Staffnoun

(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.

Staffnoun

A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written.

Staffnoun

(plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.

Staffnoun

(uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.W

Staffnoun

A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.

Staffnoun

A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.

Staffnoun

(archaic) The rung of a ladder.

Staffnoun

A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.

Staffnoun

(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.

Staffnoun

(surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.

Staffnoun

(military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.

Staffverb

(transitive) To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.

Staffnoun

A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or stick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike.

Staffnoun

A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds.

Staffnoun

A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.

Staffnoun

A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.

Staffnoun

The round of a ladder.

Staffnoun

A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.

Staffnoun

The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; - formerly called stave.

Staffnoun

An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.

Staffnoun

The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.

Staffnoun

An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See État Major.

Staffnoun

Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendent or manager; sometimes used for the entire group of employees of an enterprise, excluding the top management; as, the staff of a newspaper.

Staffnoun

Plaster combined with fibrous and other materials so as to be suitable for sculpture in relief or in the round, or for forming flat plates or boards of considerable size which can be nailed to framework to make the exterior of a larger structure, forming joints which may afterward be repaired and concealed with fresh plaster.

Staffnoun

personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task;

Staffnoun

the body of teachers and administrators at a school;

Staffnoun

a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose;

Staffnoun

building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration

Staffnoun

a rod carried as a symbol

Staffnoun

(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

Staffverb

provide with staff;

Staffverb

serve on the staff of;

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.