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geared
     1. adj. (often, in combination) Fitted with (some kind or number of) gears.
     2. adj. Connected with a motor by gearing.
gear
     1. n. Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
     2. n. Clothing; garments.
     3. n. (obsolete) Goods; property; household items.
     4. n. A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel.
     5. n. (automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
     6. n. (automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
     7. n. (slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
     8. n. (archaic) Stuff.
     9. n. (obsolete) Business matters; affairs; concern.
     10. n. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
     11. v. (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
     12. v. (engineering, intransitive) To be in, or come into, gear.
     13. v. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
     14. v. (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
           This shop is not really geared towards people of our age.
           They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists.
     15. v. (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
     16. adj. (mostly, Scouse) great or fantastic

Example Sentences

Britain was not geared up for war then. 



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