Main Entry:

²gear

Function:

verb

Date:

1851

transitive verb

1 a: to provide (as machinery) with gearing b: to connect by gearing2 a: to make ready for effective operation b: to adjust so as to match, blend with, or satisfy something <gearing wages to productivity>intransitive verb1 aBritish of machinery : to be in gear : mesh b: shift 1c <gear down>2: to become adjusted so as to match, blend, or harmonize