Main entry: gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel
Definition: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
Main entry: paraphernalia, appurtenance, gear
Definition: equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
Main entry: gear, gear mechanism
Definition: a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
Main entry: gear, gearing, geartrain, power train, train
Definition: wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
Usage: the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain
Definition: set the level or character of
Usage: She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience