gear

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Interjection 1.6 Anagrams 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.4 Alternative forms 2.5 Derived terms 2.6 Descendants 3 Portuguese 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Verb 3.3.1 Conjugation 4 West Frisian 4.1 Adverb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse gervi.

[edit] Noun

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gear (countable and uncountable; plural gears)

1. (uncountable) equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
2. (countable) a wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
3. (countable) a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
4. (countable) A configuration of the transmission of an motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque

[edit] Synonyms

• cog, cogwheel, gearwheel

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• change gear
• change gears
• gear lever
• gear shift
• gear up
• shift gear
• shift gears

[edit] Verb

to gear (third-person singular simple present gears, present participle gearing, simple past and past participle geared)

1. To fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.

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[edit] Translations

• Spanish: engranar

[edit] Interjection

gear

1. (mostly British (Scouse?)) great or fantastic

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aegr
• ager
• areg
• GRAE
• rage

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

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Common Germanic *jaeram, from Indo-European *yōr-. Cognate with Old Frisian jēr, Old Saxon jār (Dutch jaar), Old High German jār (German Jahr), Old Norse ár (Danish år), Gothic 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jer). The IE root is also the source of Greek ὡρα ‘season’, Russian яра, Czech jaro, Lithuanian jore ‘springtime’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /jæ:ar/

[edit] Noun

ġēar n (plural ġēar)

1. year

   Ðis wæs feorþes geares his rices: this was in the fourth year of his reign. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)

2. the runic character ᛄ (/j/)

[edit] Alternative forms

• ġēr

[edit] Derived terms

• ġēardagas

[edit] Descendants

• English year

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Etymology

Latin gelare

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: ʒɨˈaɾ

[edit] Verb

gear

1. to freeze

[edit] Conjugation

This Portuguese verb needs to be conjugated.

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[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Adverb

gear

1. together