Noun | 1. | gear - a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion Synonyms: cogwheel, gear wheel |
2. | gear - a mechanism for transmitting motion by gears for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) Synonyms: gear mechanism | |
3. | ![]() Synonyms: appurtenances, paraphernalia | |
Verb | 1. | gear - set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience" Synonyms: pitch |