gear

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ɡɪə/ (US) enPR: gîr, IPA(key): /ɡɪɚ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɡiə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɡiːɹ/ (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ɡɛː/ Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) === Noun === gear (countable and uncountable, plural gears) (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor. Clothing; garments. (obsolete) Goods; property; household items. (countable) A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other. Near-synonyms: (wheel types) cog, cogwheel, gear wheel, gearwheel (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter. (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque. (aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear. (uncountable, slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids. (uncountable, archaic) Stuff. 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113: (obsolete) Business matters; affairs; concern. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish. March 29, 1549, Hugh Latimer, the fourth sermon preached before King Edward ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: ギア (gia) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === gear (third-person singular simple present gears, present participle gearing, simple past and past participle geared) (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio. (engineering, intransitive) To be in gear, come into gear. To dress; to put gear on; to harness. (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). (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === gear (comparative more gear, superlative most gear) (chiefly Liverpool) great or fantastic === Anagrams === Ager, GRAE, Gera, Rega, ager, areg, gare, rage == Manx == === Alternative forms === geayr, geyre === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish gáirid. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡɛːrʲ/ ==== Verb ==== gear (verbal noun gearey) to laugh, chuckle === Etymology 2 === From Middle Irish gér, from Old Irish gér. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡʲeːr/ ==== Adjective ==== gear sharp, keen sour, acid === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Old English == === Alternative forms === ġēr — Late West Saxon, Anglian, late Kentish ġǣr — early Kentish === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jæ͜ɑːr/ Rhymes: -æ͜ɑːr === Noun === ġēar n (West Saxon) year The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr" age, years old (+plural genitive) late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St. Julian and his Wife Basilissa" (good) harvest the runic character ᛄ (/j/) The Old English rune poem ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: yeer, here, yere, ȝereEnglish: yearJamaican Creole: ierTok Pisin: yia→ Chuukese: ier→ Japanese: イヤー (iyā)→ Volapük: yelScots: year == Portuguese == === Etymology === From an Old Galician-Portuguese *gear (compare geo), from Latin gelāre. Doublet of the borrowing gelar. Compare also Galician xear. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ge‧ar === Verb === gear (impersonal, third-person singular present geia, third-person singular preterite geou, past participle geado) (impersonal) to frost (weather) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “gear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “gear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == West Frisian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɪə̯r/ === Adverb === gear together ==== Further reading ==== “gear (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011