Business name word
Gear
Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
Pronunciation: /ɡɪə/, /ɡɪː/
What “Gear” means
Noun
- Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
- Clothing; garments.
- Goods; property; household items.
- A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
- A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
Verb
- To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
- To be in gear, come into gear.
- To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
- To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
- To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
Adj
- great or fantastic
Where the word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Germanic *arwaz Proto-Germanic *garwaz Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *garwijanąder. Old Norse gervibor. Middle English gere English gear From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.
Meanings and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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