gear
/ɡɪɚ/ verbo C2En español: engranar
- 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 · Pasado geared · Participio pasado geared · Forma en -ing gearing
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- gear
- He/she/it
- gears
- Pasado
- geared
- Participio pasado
- geared
- Forma en -ing
- gearing
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
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.
Daniel, the elder, had spent twenty years at his father's workbench and treated every gear with the respect owed to an old friend.
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