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Antonyms for geared

Grammar : Verb
Spell : geer
Phonetic Transcription : gɪər

Definition of geared

Origin :
  • c.1200, "fighting equipment," probably from Old Norse gervi "apparel," related to gerr "ready," and gerva "make ready," from Proto-Germanic *garwin- (cf. Old English gearwe "clothing, equipment, ornament;" Old High German garawi "clothing, dress," garawen "to make ready;" German gerben "to tan"). Meaning "toothed wheel in machinery" first attested 1520s. Slang for "male sex organs" from 1670s. British adjective slang sense of "stylish, excellent" first recorded 1951, from earlier that's the gear, expression of approval, 1925.
  • verb prepare, equip
Example sentences :
  • I have it geared to a small motor, and it's been running steadily for some time.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
  • It will be seen that the water-pump E is geared to the engine.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • This, like the water-pump, is geared to the engine and driven by it.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • Everything must be geared and geared at once to the Germans' being right.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • The household was geared to the "bog," as they called the biography.
  • Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz
  • This is geared with clockwork to represent an estimate based on the acceleration.
  • Extract from : « Out Around Rigel » by Robert H. Wilson
  • I found it necessary to keep with him all the time and see that he did not get geared up.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Races » by Burt L. Standish
  • The existing organization is not geared to the customs of the newcomers.
  • Extract from : « Society » by Henry Kalloch Rowe
  • In the city your lives have been geared for continual deadly warfare.
  • Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
  • His clumsy gun was geared to the rail by an impromptu swivel of cords.
  • Extract from : « Brothers of Peril » by Theodore Goodridge Roberts

Synonyms for geared

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