gear
v.
equip with gears; put into gear (Machinery); supply, equip; adjust, conform
geared
Adjective
1. equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged
(antonym) ungeared
(similar) back-geared, double-geared
gear
Noun
1. a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
(synonym) gear wheel, cogwheel
(hypernym) wheel
(hyponym) bevel gear, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear
(part-meronym) cog, sprocket
2. a mechanism for transmitting motion by gears for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
(synonym) gear mechanism
(hypernym) mechanism
(hyponym) first gear, first, low gear, low
3. equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
(synonym) paraphernalia, appurtenances
(hypernym) equipment
(hyponym) fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig
Verb
1. set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
(synonym) pitch
(hypernym) adapt, accommodate
(hyponym) popularize, popularise
Geared
(imp. & p. p.)
of Gear
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Synonyms and related words:
a propos, ad rem, adapted, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, dovetailing, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, happy, just right, likely, meshing, on the button, opportune, pat, qualified, relevant, right, seasonable, sortable, suitable, suited, suiting, tailored, to the point, to the purpose
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.