gear

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The equipment, clothing, or tools needed for a particular activity.

   Don't forget to pack your camping gear for the trip.

2. 2
   noun

   A toothed wheel that turns with others to control speed or power in a machine or vehicle.

   He changed into a lower gear as the car climbed the hill.

From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.

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