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31gear — 01. If you don t wash your hockey [gear], it will smell really bad tomorrow. 02. He bought some new scuba diving [gear] for his trip to Belize. 03. You shouldn t really change [gears] when you re in the middle of an intersection. 04. Police in… …
32gear*/ — [gɪə] noun I 1) [C/U] the part of an engine that changes engine power into movement in first/second/third gear[/ex] Helen changed gear as she approached the junction.[/ex] 2) [U] the special clothes and equipment that you use for a particular… …
33gear — I. noun Etymology: Middle English gere, from Old Norse gervi, gǫrvi; akin to Old English gearwe equipment, clothing, gearu ready more at yare Date: 14th century 1. a. clothing, garments b. movable property ; goods 2. equipment …
34Gear — 1. various items, paraphernalia, especially as associated with a particular activity, task, job, etc.: Grab your gear, we re off; we left all the gear back at the house; where s me fishin gear? ; 2. any illegal drug of addiction, often marijuana… …
35gear — I Australian Slang 1. various items, paraphernalia, especially as associated with a particular activity, task, job, etc.: Grab your gear, we re off; we left all the gear back at the house; where s me fishin gear? ; 2. any illegal drug of… …
36gear — [[t]gɪər[/t]] n. 1) mac a) a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion b) an assembly of such parts 2)… …
37gear — {{11}}gear (n.) c.1200, fighting equipment, probably from O.N. gervi apparel, related to gerr ready, and gerva make ready, from P.Gmc. *garwin (Cf. O.E. gearwe clothing, equipment, ornament; O.H.G. garawi clothing, dress, garawen to make ready;… …
38gear — 1) adj British excellent, absolutely right, first rate. An ephemeral vogue word that spread with the popularity of the Beatles and the Mersey sound from Liverpool in 1963 to be picked up by the media (a fact which incidentally marked its demise… …
39gear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. clothing, dress; cogwheel; equipment, tools, apparatus; harness, etc. See instrumentality, provision. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Equipment] Syn. material, tackle, apparatus, paraphernalia; see equipment …
40gear — 1. mod. excellent. □ This jazz is really gear! □ Man, what a gear pizza! 2. n. an asterisk (*). □ Why is there a gear after this word? □ The gear stands for anyt …
