Synonym: equip, furnish, outfit, rig, wheel. Similar words: year after year, changeable, unchangeable, year, tear, wear, rear, hear. Meaning: [gɪr /gɪə] 
n. 1. a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion 2. wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed 3. a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) 4. equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.. v. set the level or character of.
n. 1. a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion 2. wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed 3. a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) 4. equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.. v. set the level or character of. 
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241. It seems that the lamp and control gear industries are at odds with each other.
242. Ever since, though, the work on her characters' background has shifted into high gear and stayed there.
243. About all the exercise you get is pressing the button on your automatic gear change.
244. Additional components comprise an extra electro-hydraulic control valve to actuate fourth-to-fifth and fifth-to-fourth shifts and the extra gear set itself.
245. The driver shifted into a lower gear as they began to climb Ooah Mountain,(http://sentencedict.com/gear.html) the engine a wounded wheeze.
246. Several times he beard it click into gear and deliver its robotic message; the caller hung up.
247. Now down into crawler gear he pushes on, finding regular protection by the simple expedient of removing most of the ice!
248. A mixed rack should be carried and any in-situ gear, particularly old pegs, should be treated with great caution.
249. The juggernaut started with a cough and splutter, was thrown into gear and began to move off down the narrow road.
250. A lone fisherman sorts through his gear as we approach.
251. Glover stayed in low gear for the crawl into town.
252. You pick up your gear and you settle your bill.
253. At about that time, the gardening boom started kicking into high gear.
254. Her gear shifts sounded like twenty cooks pushing trays of silverware into an industrial-strength garbage disposal.
255. The heavy clutch and cumbersome gear change remain the worst feature.
256. This will take us about three months to complete after which we will concentrate on fitting brake and lubrication gear.
257. Truth is, the two cars are just about equally matched when it comes to acceleration in each gear.
258. The buffers and draw gear were spring type, as distinct from india rubber as used on some.
259. Being public limited companies, the investment trusts can raise debt capital and gear their portfolios.
260. Erosion had sharpened its edges and although the drivers trundled gently in bottom gear, there were two punctures.
261. In fact, the serious exploration of the surface was just shifting into a higher gear.
262. But where was the gear drive for the drill mechanism to come from?
263. Her home overlooks the pithead and the haunting winding gear of a colliery where an explosion once killed over thirty miners.
264. With him came a difference in style, a change of gear, a time for reflection and taking stock.
265. I went through the gear very quickly, throwing what I thought was extraneous into a large suitcase.
266. We must now change gear somewhat, and ask what it would take for such relationships to be treated as satisfactory explanations.
267. Nothing is more conducive to inducing mains spikes than heavy duty switch gear.
268. She engaged the clutch and put the car into first gear.
269. The transmission has 16 gears and the gear change is effected simply through pressure on the pedals.