gear
Meanings
- a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
- 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"
- a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
- equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- set the level or character of;
- GEAR v -ED, -ING, -S to provide with gears (toothed machine parts)
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 5
gear is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordgear is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gear is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 6
gear is a valid Words With Friends word