What part of speech is gear?

Gear can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. gear is a verb, present, 1st person singular of gear (infinitive).
  • 2. gear is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. gear is a noun, singular of gears.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does gear mean?

Definitions

Verb

gear - set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"

Noun

gear - a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
gear - a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
gear - equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
gear - wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"

Examples of gear

#   Sentence  
1. noun it wasent going an had a gear box problem....
2. noun Do you have rain gear with you?
3. noun A small gear is missing here.
4. noun Want of wit is worse than want of gear.
5. noun The cog-wheels are in gear.
6. noun Instead of putting the car into gear, she put it into reverse, causing a great deal of damage to the store-front.
7. noun Be sure to bring rain gear.
8. noun Get your arse into gear!
9. noun When you get on the highway, shift into fifth gear.
10. noun Make sure the brain is engaged before putting the mouth in gear.
11. noun Get your ass in gear!
12. noun She rides a fixed gear bike.
13. noun Get your gear.
14. noun Grab your gear.
15. noun We spent the afternoon cleaning our gear.
16. verb We had to gear our lives to the new circumstances.
Sentence  
noun
it wasent going an had a gear box problem....
Do you have rain gear with you?
A small gear is missing here.
Want of wit is worse than want of gear.
The cog-wheels are in gear.
Instead of putting the car into gear, she put it into reverse, causing a great deal of damage to the store-front.
Be sure to bring rain gear.
Get your arse into gear!
When you get on the highway, shift into fifth gear.
Make sure the brain is engaged before putting the mouth in gear.
Get your ass in gear!
She rides a fixed gear bike.
Get your gear.
Grab your gear.
We spent the afternoon cleaning our gear.
verb
We had to gear our lives to the new circumstances.

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