gear
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(verb) set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience" |
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Synonyms: pitch |
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Related Words: accommodate, adapt |
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(noun) a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion |
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Synonyms: cogwheel, gear wheel |
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Related Words: bevel gear, epicyclic gear, escape wheel, pinion, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear, planet gear, planet wheel, planetary gear, rack and pinion, spur gear, spur wheel, sun gear, wheel, worm gear, worm wheel |
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(noun) miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. |
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Synonyms: appurtenances, paraphernalia |
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Related Words: equipment, fishing gear, fishing tackle, kit, outfit, regalia, rig, rigging, saddlery, stable gear, tack, tackle |
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(noun) a mechanism for transmitting motion by gears for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) |
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Synonyms: gear mechanism |
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Related Words: first, first gear, gearset, high, high gear, low, low gear, mechanism, park, reverse, second, second gear, steering gear, third, third gear, transmission |
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