Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gearing

1 sense of gearing

Sense 1
gearing, gear, geartrain, power train, train -- (wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain")
       => wheelwork -- (mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb gear

1 sense of gear

Sense 1
gear, pitch -- (set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience")
       => adapt, accommodate -- (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country")