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GEAR
- to provide with gears (toothed machine parts) [v GEARED, GEARING, GEARS]
- toothed wheel that engages with another toothed wheel in machinery
- equipment
- to provide with or connect by gears
- to adjust
- to shift the transmission of a vehicle to a lower gear
- to reduce in scope or intensity
- to make or get ready for a future event or situation
- to get or put on equipment or clothing for a particular purpose
- to arouse or excite, as with enthusiasm or expectation
- in the state in which gears are connected or meshed
- in proper or active working order; functioning continuously without trouble
- in or into a state of utmost speed, activity, or efficiency
- in the state in which gears are not connected or meshed
- to change one's attitude, course of action, methods, etc., in an abrupt, dramatic, or unexpected manner