gear
/ɡɪɚ/ verb C2- To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
- To be in gear, come into gear.
- To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
- To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose). · This shop is not really geared towards people of our age.· They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists.
- To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
He/she/it gears · Past geared · Past participle geared · -ing form gearing
Verb forms
- Base form
- gear
- He/she/it
- gears
- Past
- geared
- Past participle
- geared
- -ing form
- gearing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Some of his own holdings were imperilled, and the man was working like some high-geared, delicate, strong machine—strung to full tension, going at full speed, accurate, never hesitating, with the proper word and decision and act ready and prompt as clockwork.
The adrenaline always kicks in as I put on my heavy yellow protective gear.
We buy expensive tools, camping gear, and kitchen equipment for a single weekend project.
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