geared

verbprepare, equip

Synonyms for geared

verb prepare, equip

Antonyms for geared

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for geared

I have it geared to a small motor, and it's been running steadily for some time.

This, like the water-pump, is geared to the engine and driven by it.

It will be seen that the water-pump E is geared to the engine.

Everything must be geared and geared at once to the Germans' being right.

The household was geared to the "bog," as they called the biography.

This is geared with clockwork to represent an estimate based on the acceleration.

I found it necessary to keep with him all the time and see that he did not get geared up.

The existing organization is not geared to the customs of the newcomers.

In the city your lives have been geared for continual deadly warfare.

His clumsy gun was geared to the rail by an impromptu swivel of cords.