high ˈgear

  • 21gear — ▪ I. gear gear 1 [gɪə ǁ gɪr] noun [uncountable] 1. special equipment or clothing used for a particular purpose: • We manufacture airplane landing gear and other aerospace parts. • Police in riot gear (= special clothing that protects them if they …

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  • 22gear — 1 noun 1 IN CARS ETC (C, U) the machinery in a vehicle that turns power from the engine into movement: The new model has five forward gears. | driving cautiously along in third gear | bottom gear BrE low gear AmE (=the gear used for driving… …

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  • 23gear — gearless, adj. /gear/, n. 1. Mach. 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… …

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  • 24gear — gear1 S3 [gıə US gır] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in cars etc)¦ 2 3 change gear 4¦(equipment)¦ 5¦(clothes)¦ 6¦(machinery)¦ 7¦(drugs)¦ 8 get your ass in gear ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: gearwe] …

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  • 25high — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a of great vertical extent (a high building). b (predic.; often in comb.) of a specified height (one inch high; water was waist high). 2 a far above ground or sea level etc. (a high altitude). b inland, esp. when raised… …

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  • 26high — /huy/, adj., higher, highest, adv., higher, highest, n. adj. 1. having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall. 2. having a specified extent upward: The apple tree is now 20 feet high. 3. situated… …

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  • 27gear — n. & v. n. 1 (often in pl.) a a set of toothed wheels that work together to transmit and control motion from an engine, esp. to the road wheels of a vehicle. b a mechanism for doing this. 2 a particular function or state of adjustment of engaged… …

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  • 28high — [[t]haɪ[/t]] adj. and adv. er, est, n. 1) having a great or considerable height; lofty; tall: a high wall[/ex] 2) having a specified height: The tree is now 20 feet high[/ex] 3) situated above the ground or some base; elevated: a high ledge[/ex]… …

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  • 29gear mechanism — noun a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) • Syn: ↑gear • Hypernyms: ↑mechanism • Hyponyms: ↑first gear, ↑first, ↑low gear, ↑ …

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  • 30gear — 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 …

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