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Webster 1913 Edition
Gear
Gear
(gēr)
, Noun.
1.
Clothing; garments; ornaments.
Array thyself in thy most gorgeous
gear
. Spenser.
2.
Goods; property; household stuff.
Chaucer.
Homely
gear
and common ware. Robynson (More’s Utopia).
3.
Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.
Clad in a vesture of unknown
gear
. Spenser.
4.
The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
5.
Warlike accouterments.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.
6.
Manner; custom; behavior.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
7.
Business matters; affairs; concern.
[Obs.]
Thus go they both together to their
gear
. Spenser.
8.
(Mech.)
(a)
A toothed wheel, or cogwheel;
as, a spur
; also, toothed wheels, collectively. gear
, or a bevel gear
(b)
An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing;
as, the feed
. gear
of a lathe(c)
Engagement of parts with each other;
as, in
gear
; out of gear
.10.
Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Wright.
That servant of his that confessed and uttered this
gear
was an honest man. Latimer.
Bever gear
. See
– Bevel gear
. Core gear
, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See
– Mortise wheel
, under Mortise
. Expansion gear
(Steam Engine)
, the arrangement of parts for cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the cut-off. See under
– Expansion
. Feed gear
. – Gear cutter
, a machine or tool for forming the teeth of gear wheels by cutting.
– Gear wheel
, any cogwheel.
– Running gear
. See under
– Running
. To throw in gear
or
To throw out of gear
(Mach.)
, to connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to put in, or out of, working relation.
Gear
(gēr)
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Geared
(gērd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gearing
.] 1.
To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
2.
(Mach.)
To provide with gearing.
Double geared
, driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed; – said of a machine.
Gear
,Verb.
I.
(Mach.)
To be in, or come into, gear.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gear
GEAR
, n.1.
Apparatus; whatever is prepared; hence, habit; dress; ornaments. Array thyself in her most gorgeous gear.
2.
More generally, the harness or furniture of beasts; whatever is used in equipping horses or cattle for draught; tackle.3.
In Scotland, warlike accouterments; also, goods, riches.4.
Business; matters.5.
By seamen pronounced jears, which see.GEAR
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
géar
géar
Irish
Alternative forms
- geur (obsolete)
Adjective
géar (genitive singular masculine géir, genitive singular feminine géire, plural géara, comparative géire)
- sharp (with fine edge or point; painful to touch; of thin features)
- angular, steep, abrupt
- keen, biting; severe, painful; brilliant, intense; piercing, shrill; cutting, sarcastic
- acid, sour, pungent; keen, hungry
- (of senses, mind) keen, intent; intellectually acute
- brisk, quick; keenly contested; close; trying
- artful, tricky; petty, mean
- (music) sharp
Declension
Declension of géar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | géar | ghéar | géara; ghéara² |
|
| Vocative | ghéir | géara | ||
| Genitive | géire | géara | géar | |
| Dative | géar; ghéar¹ |
ghéar; ghéir (archaic) |
géara; ghéara² |
|
| Comparative | níos géire | |||
| Superlative | is géire | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- (sharp): aichear (literary)
Derived terms
- taos géar (“sourdough”)
Noun
géar m (genitive singular géir, nominative plural géara)
- sharp object
- (music) sharp
Declension
Declension of géar
First declension
|
Bare forms:
|
Forms with the definite article:
|
Derived terms
- géar dúbailte (“double sharp”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| géar | ghéar | ngéar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "géar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.