gear
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Is gear a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of gear?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.uncountable
2. (obsolete) Goods; property; household items.Examples: "Homely gear and common ware."countableobsoleteuncountable
3. (countable) 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.Examples: "Near-synonyms: (wheel types) cog, cogwheel, gear wheel, gearwheel"countable
4. (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.countable
5. (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.countable
6. (aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear.Examples: "gear-up landing"; "Get the gear down quick!"abbreviationalt-ofcountableellipsisuncountable
verb (English)
1. (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.transitive
2. (engineering, intransitive) To be in gear, come into gear.intransitive
3. (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).Examples: "This shop is not really geared towards people of our age."; "They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists."usually
4. (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
adj (English)
1. (chiefly Liverpool) great or fantastic
Definition source: Wiktionary