gear

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Germanic *arwaz Proto-Germanic *garwaz Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *garwijanąder. Old Norse gervibor. Middle English gere English gear From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.

1. great or fantastic

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Germanic *arwaz Proto-Germanic *garwaz Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *garwijanąder. Old Norse gervibor. Middle English gere English gear From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.

1. Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
2. Clothing; garments.

   “Aray thy selfe in her most gorgeous geare”

   “Those Eastern winters, ⁠I can't endure 'em / So every year I pack my gear and come out here till Purim / Rosh Hashanah, I spend in Arizona”

3. Goods; property; household items.

   “Homely gear and common ware.”

4. A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.

   “Near-synonyms: (wheel types) cog, cogwheel, gear wheel, gearwheel”

5. A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
6. A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
7. Ellipsis of landing gear.

   “gear-up landing”

   “Get the gear down quick!”

8. Recreational drugs, including steroids.

   “getting on gear”

   “"Have you got any gear? Dominic, have you got any acid?" Emma kept running her hands nervously through her hair. "Not LSD, man; that last trip freaked me out."”

9. Stuff.

   “When he was digged up, which was in the presence of the Magistracy of the Town, his body was found entire, not at all putrid, no ill smell about him, saving the mustiness of the grave-Clothes, his joynts limber and flexible, as in those that are alive, his skin only flaccid, but a more fresh grown in the room of it, the wound of his throat gaping, but no gear nor corruption in it; there was also observed a Magical mark in the great toe of his right foot, viz. an Excrescency in the form of a Rose.”

10. Business matters; affairs; concern.

    “goe they both together to their geare.”

11. Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.

    “March 29, 1549, Hugh Latimer, the fourth sermon preached before King Edward That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Germanic *arwaz Proto-Germanic *garwaz Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *garwijanąder. Old Norse gervibor. Middle English gere English gear From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.

1. To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
2. To be in gear, come into gear.
3. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
4. To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).

   “This shop is not really geared towards people of our age.”

   “They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists.”

5. To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.