gear

noun, verb54 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.8

Clothing and equipment designed to protect the wearer from injury.

The undercarriage of an aircraft, including the wheels, that supports it on the ground.

Equipment used for camping.

Equipment used for climbing.

Equipment used for fishing.

Protective clothing and equipment worn by police during riots.

Equipment and clothing worn for combat.

Equipment and clothing worn for battle.

The lowest forward gear in a vehicle.

The gear above first gear in a vehicle.

A gear that allows the vehicle to travel at high speed.

A gear that provides more power but less speed.

The gear that makes a vehicle move backward.

The highest gear, used for cruising at high speed.

The lowest gear, used for starting or climbing steep hills.

To be specially designed or organized for a particular purpose or audience.

To be mainly designed or organized for a particular purpose or audience.

To be completely designed or organized for a particular purpose or audience.

To be designed or organized only for a particular purpose or audience.

With a gear engaged, so the engine is connected to the wheels.

In neutral; with no gear engaged.

To have specific equipment or clothing on your body.

To dress oneself in specific equipment or clothing.

To remove specific equipment or clothing.

To be wearing specific equipment or clothing.

To be wearing specific equipment or clothing.

To move from one gear to another.

To move from one gear to another.

To select a specific gear for a vehicle.

To select a specific gear.

To select a specific gear.

To select a specific gear.

To change to a higher gear; often used figuratively to mean to increase effort or intensity.

To connect the engine to the wheels by selecting a gear.

To change to a higher gear; often used figuratively to mean to increase effort or intensity.

To choose a particular gear.

usually figurative; to suddenly change what you are doing.

To change gear smoothly and easily.

To change gear roughly and quickly.

To change gears with a loud, scraping noise, usually due to inexperience or a mechanical fault.

To change gears with a loud, grinding noise, usually due to inexperience or a mechanical fault.

A stick used to change gears in a vehicle; often compounded as 'gearstick'.

A stick used to change gears in a vehicle.

A stick used to change gears in a vehicle.

The act of changing from one gear to another.