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GEARED

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

back-geared; double-geared ((of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley)

double-geared (equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage)

engaged; intermeshed; meshed ((used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting)

in gear (having gears engaged)

Antonym:

ungeared (having gears not engaged or disconnected)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb gear

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