gear
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
Types & categories
- wheel hypernym
- bevel gear hyponym
- escape wheel hyponym
- pinion hyponym
- planetary gear hyponym
- rack and pinion hyponym
- spur gear hyponym
- sun gear hyponym
- worm gear hyponym
- worm wheel hyponym
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 verb
set the level or character of
She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience
Types & categories
- adapt hypernym
- popularize hyponym
Sense 3 noun
wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain
Types & categories
- wheelwork hypernym
- epicyclic train hyponym
- reduction gear hyponym
Parts & wholes
- engine part holonym
Sense 4 noun
a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
Types & categories
- mechanism hypernym
- first gear hyponym
- gearset hyponym
- high gear hyponym
- park hyponym
- reverse gear hyponym
- second gear hyponym
- steering gear hyponym
- third gear hyponym
- transmission system hyponym
Sense 5 noun
equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
Types & categories
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cog |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | tooth |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | wheel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bevel gear |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | escape wheel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | planetary gear |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rack and pinion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spur gear |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sun gear |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | worm gear |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | worm wheel |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | adapt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | popularize |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | engine |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | wheelwork |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | epicyclic train |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reduction gear |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | mechanism |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | first gear |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gearset |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | high gear |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | park |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | reverse gear |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | second gear |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | steering gear |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | third gear |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | transmission system |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | equipment |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | fishing gear |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | kit |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | regalia |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rig |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rigging |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | saddlery |