ungear
transitive verb
un·gear
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Definition of ungear
1
archaic
: to remove the harness from (a draft animal) : unhitch
ungeared the mules, and crawled under the wagon for shade— J. H. Beadle
2
: to disconnect by or as if by throwing out of gear
ungear the pinion of a machine jangle your nerves … ungear you for the life you might have selected— Isaiah Glenn
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