Main Entry: ²gear

Function: verb

Date: 1851

transitive verb

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