Gear - English meaning

noun

A desirable or useful feature or facility of a building or place.

Usage examples:

The property is situated in a convenient location, close to all local amenities

noun

Something, such as a swimming pool or shopping centre, that is intended to make life more pleasant or comfortable for the people in a town, hotel, or other place

Usage examples:

The council has some spare cash, which it proposes to spend on public amenities.

noun

Things considered to be necessary to live comfortably, such as hot water

Usage examples:

The 200-year-old jail is overcrowded, understaffed, and lacking in basic amenities.

noun

The technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose.

Usage examples:

Firemen wearing breathing apparatus

noun

A set of equipment, tools, or a machine that is used for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

[ c ] the garage had an apparatus to lift cars up., technology has moved so fast, the old regulator…

noun

A set of equipment or tools or a machine that is used for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

A piece of apparatus, the divers checked their breathing apparatus.

noun

A device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task.

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Electrical and gas appliances

noun

A device, machine, or piece of equipment, esp. an electrical one that is used in the home, such as a refrigerator or washing machine

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Electrical/home/household/kitchen appliances

noun

A device, machine, or piece of equipment, especially an electrical one that is used in the house, such as a cooker or washing machine

Usage examples:

There should be incentives for installing energy-efficient appliances., domestic/kitchen/household …

noun

A particular item or object.

Usage examples:

Small household articles

verb

A piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication.

Usage examples:

An article about middle-aged executives

phrase

Work done in a law office while training to be a lawyer

Usage examples:

Do your articles i'm doing my articles in a small firm in oxford., they met when he was doing his a…

noun

A wheel or bar with a series of projections on its edge, which transfers motion by engaging with projections on another wheel or bar.

Usage examples:

The cogs and springs of a watch

noun

A broadly built medieval ship with a rounded prow and stern.

Usage examples:

The cog was a broadly built ship, with a roundish prow and stern, more manœuvrable than the old kin…

verb

Copy (someone else's work) illicitly or without acknowledgement.

Usage examples:

He's away cogging his homework from aggie's wee girl

noun

Another term for cog1.

noun

A cog

noun

The necessary items for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Suppliers of office equipment

noun

The set of tools, clothing, etc., needed for a particular activity or purpose

Usage examples:

Computer/electrical/farm equipment

noun

The machinery, tools, etc. that you need to do a job

Usage examples:

What are the estimated start-up costs for real estate, construction, and equipment?, industrial mac…

noun

Small mechanical or electronic devices or tools, especially ingenious or novel ones.

Usage examples:

The very latest in electronic gadgetry

noun

A collection of small devices or machines with a particular purpose

Usage examples:

We've got a juicer, a blender, a coffee grinder - all kinds of kitchen gadgetry., he surrounded him…

noun

A small mechanical or electronic device or tool, especially an ingenious or novel one.

Usage examples:

A variety of kitchen gadgets

noun

A small device or machine with a particular purpose

Usage examples:

This handy gadget separates egg yolks from whites.

noun

A small machine or piece of electronic equipment that has a particular purpose

Usage examples:

Latest/modern/new gadgets with competition heating up, the latest gadgets have added features to se…

noun

Tools, machinery, and other durable equipment.

Usage examples:

High-tech military hardware

noun

Metal objects, materials, and equipment, such as tools

Usage examples:

A hardware store

noun

The physical and electronic parts of a computer or other piece of equipment, rather than its software

Usage examples:

The growth of the computer and consumer electronics industries is driven by a steady stream of adva…

plural noun

Equipment for an activity or expedition, especially when considered as bulky or an encumbrance.

Usage examples:

She collected her briefcase and other impedimenta

noun

The objects that you need for a particular activity that are heavy or difficult to carry

Usage examples:

We were weighed down with sleeping bags, gas cookers and pans - all the impedimenta of camping.

noun

A tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment that is used for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Garden implements

verb

Put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect.

Usage examples:

The scheme to implement student loans

verb

To put a plan or system into operation

Usage examples:

Congress refused to pass the bill that would implement tax reforms., they've involved their workers…

noun

A tool or implement, especially one for precision work.

Usage examples:

A surgical instrument

verb

Equip (something) with measuring instruments.

Usage examples:

Engineers have instrumented rockets to study the upper atmosphere

noun

An object, such as a piano, guitar, or flute, which is played to produce musical sounds

Usage examples:

He plays saxophone, trumpet, and several other instruments., surgical instruments

noun

A set of articles or equipment needed for a specific purpose.

Usage examples:

A first-aid kit

verb

Provide someone or something with the appropriate clothing or equipment.

Usage examples:

We were all kitted out in life jackets

noun

The young of certain animals, such as the beaver, ferret, and mink.

Usage examples:

Since 1997, 110 black-footed ferret kits have been released on the site.

noun

A set of clothes worn together, especially for a particular occasion or purpose.

Usage examples:

Her wedding outfit

verb

Provide with a set of clothes.

Usage examples:

Warders outfitted in special suits

noun

A set of clothes worn for a particular occasion or activity

Usage examples:

Susan wore a black outfit., she got a complete ski outfit as a gift from her parents., our company …

noun

Miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity.

Usage examples:

Drills, saws, and other paraphernalia necessary for home improvements

noun

A collection of objects, esp. equipment needed for or connected with a particular activity

Usage examples:

Photography paraphernalia

noun

All the objects needed for or connected with a particular activity

Usage examples:

We sell pots, gloves, seeds and other gardening paraphernalia., bags of cocaine and all sorts of dr…

noun

A stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively.

Usage examples:

Local authorities complained that they lacked resources

verb

Provide with resources.

Usage examples:

A strategy which ensures that primary healthcare workers are adequately resourced

noun

Something that can be used to help you

Usage examples:

The library was a valuable resource, and he frequently made use of it., [ pl ] the earth has limite…

verb

Provide (a sailing boat) with sails and rigging.

Usage examples:

The catamaran will be rigged as a ketch

noun

The particular way in which a sailing boat's masts, sails, and rigging are arranged.

Usage examples:

A ketch rig

noun

A trick or swindle.

noun

The rate at which someone or something moves or operates or is able to move or operate.

Usage examples:

We turned on to the runway and began to gather speed

verb

Move quickly.

Usage examples:

I got into the car and home we sped

noun

(a) rate at which something moves or happens

Usage examples:

[ c ] a speed of 25 miles per hour, [ u ] both cars were traveling at high speed., [ u ] they came …

noun

Matter, material, articles, or activities of a specified or indeterminate kind that are being referred to, indicated, or implied.

Usage examples:

I prefer to buy stuff in sales

verb

Fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something.

Usage examples:

An old teapot stuffed full of cash

verb

The tangible substance that goes into a physical object

noun

The equipment required for a task or sport.

Usage examples:

Fishing tackle

verb

Make determined efforts to deal with (a problem or difficult task).

Usage examples:

Police have launched an initiative to tackle rising crime

verb

Seize and throw down an opponent player carrying the ball

noun

An object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to.

Usage examples:

Look at that metal rail thing over there

noun

A device, product, or part of nature that is not named

Usage examples:

There’s a new thing that seals plastic bags., there are some nice things in the stores on sale righ…

noun

A device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function.

Usage examples:

Gardening tools

verb

Impress a design on (leather, especially a leather book cover).

Usage examples:

Volumes bound in green leather and tooled in gold

noun

A piece of equipment that you use to help you do a job, esp. something that you use with your hands to make or repair something

Usage examples:

The only tools you need for this job are a hammer and a screwdriver., we believe the new law will b…

noun

A tool, container, or other article, especially for household use.

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Kitchen utensils

noun

A device or tool having a particular use, esp. in a kitchen

Usage examples:

We packed plates, cups, napkins, and eating utensils for the picnic.