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101gear — I Australian Slang 1. various items, paraphernalia, especially as associated with a particular activity, task, job, etc.: Grab your gear, we re off; we left all the gear back at the house; where s me fishin gear? ; 2. any illegal drug of… …
102gear — [[t]gɪər[/t]] n. 1) mac a) a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion b) an assembly of such parts 2)… …
103Gear shaper — A gear shaper is a machine tool for cutting the teeth of internal or external gears. The name shaper relates to the fact that the cutter engages the part on the forward stroke and pulls away from the part on the return stroke, just like the… …
104gear — {{11}}gear (n.) c.1200, fighting equipment, probably from O.N. gervi apparel, related to gerr ready, and gerva make ready, from P.Gmc. *garwin (Cf. O.E. gearwe clothing, equipment, ornament; O.H.G. garawi clothing, dress, garawen to make ready;… …
105gear — 1) adj British excellent, absolutely right, first rate. An ephemeral vogue word that spread with the popularity of the Beatles and the Mersey sound from Liverpool in 1963 to be picked up by the media (a fact which incidentally marked its demise… …
106gear inch — a traditional unit for measuring the gears of bicycles. In low gears, the pedals are easy to turn but have to be turned very fast to achieve any speed; in high gears the pedals are harder to turn but don t have to be turned fast to achieve… …
107gear down — transitive verb : to gear so that the driven part goes slower than the driving part * * * gear down 1. To make the speed of the driven part lower than that of the driving part 2. To prepare for decreased production, fewer demands, etc • • • Main… …
108Gear Daddies — The Gear Daddies is a band from Austin, Minnesota that enjoyed moderate success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Its members were Randy Broughten (electric and steel guitar), Nick Ciola (bass), Billy Dankert (drums and vocals), and Martin… …
109gear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. clothing, dress; cogwheel; equipment, tools, apparatus; harness, etc. See instrumentality, provision. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Equipment] Syn. material, tackle, apparatus, paraphernalia; see equipment …
110gear — 1. mod. excellent. □ This jazz is really gear! □ Man, what a gear pizza! 2. n. an asterisk (*). □ Why is there a gear after this word? □ The gear stands for anyt …
