gear

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n.

toothed wheel as part of a transmission

1) to change (BE), shift gears

2) to reverse gears

3) to strip gears

4) bottom (BE), low; high (AE), top (BE); reverse gear

5) a worm gear

6) gears clash, grind; jam, lock, stick; mesh

7) in gear; out of gear

equipment

8) fishing; hunting; skiing gear

clothing

(colloq.) (BE)

9) trendy gear

II

v. (d; tr.) to gear to (the whole economy is geared to the tourist trade)

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grind

hunting

jam

lock

low

mesh

out of gear

reverse gear

shift gears

skiing gear

stick

high (AE)

top (BE)

['clothing'] (colloq.) (BE) trendy gear

['equipment'] fishing

a worm gear

in gear

to reverse gears

to strip gears

gears clash

['toothed wheel as part of a transmission'] to change (BE)

bottom (BE)

(d;tr.) to gear to (the whole economy is geared to the tourist trade)