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gearing

verb

Meaning

  1. To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
  2. To be in, or come into, gear.
  3. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
  4. (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).
  5. To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
  6. The ratio of a system of gears.
  7. Harness; working implements.
  8. A train of toothed wheels and pinions.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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