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# gear

«gear» in Mova's school dictionary: **The equipment or clothes you need for an activity, like…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (gear — uncountable for equipment; a gear, gears — countable for machine parts); verb (gear up)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The equipment or clothes you need for an activity, like camping gear or football gear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#m1)

2) A wheel with teeth around the edge that turns another toothed wheel in a machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#m2)

3) One of the settings on a bike or car that changes how fast the wheels turn compared with the pedals or engine: first gear, low gear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#m3)

4) "Gear up" means get ready. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science and technology, gears are toothed wheels that pass turning from one part to another; a small gear turning a big gear makes it turn slower but with more force, and a big gear turning a small one makes it turn faster. On a bike, a low gear makes going uphill easier. In everyday life, "gear" means kit: rain gear, PE gear. Safety gear includes helmets and knee pads. Phrases: "change gear", "in gear", "low/high gear", "safety gear", "get your gear", "gear up for".

### examples

- Pack your swimming gear for tomorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x1)
- Change to a lower gear to ride up the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x2)
- The clock has lots of tiny gears inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x3)
- Always wear your safety gear when skateboarding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x4)
- The small gear turns twice for every turn of the big gear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x5)
- The team geared up for the big match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x6)
- Dad put the car in first gear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x7)
- Our camping gear filled the whole boot of the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x8)
- The boy, having donned his hunting gear, would join the king at a place arranged between them, and then they ranged abroad as chance might direct. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x9)

### note

For equipment, "gear" is uncountable: "my football gear", not "a football gear" or "gears". For toothed wheels it is countable: "two gears". In maths problems with gears: if a gear with 10 teeth drives a gear with 20 teeth, the big gear turns once for every 2 turns of the small one (20 ÷ 10 = 2).

### In the corpora

- [Shared helmets and gloves are cleaned between users, because shared gear can spread germs and head lice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/10/)
- [Broken gear causes injuries, so it is not used until it is mended or replaced.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/12/)
- [A firefighter in full gear may look scary but is there to help, and children should never hide from them in a fire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites/10/)
- [Safety gear only works when worn properly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/3/)
- [A sport with rules, a coach and safety gear is different from a fight in the street.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/378-maddie-the-tomboy/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gear» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.