| gear | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel | a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion. |
| ~ bevel gear, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear | gears that mesh at an angle. |
| ~ cog, sprocket | tooth on the rim of gear wheel. |
| ~ escape wheel | gear that engages a rocking lever. |
| ~ pinion | a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack. |
| ~ epicyclic gear, planet gear, planet wheel, planetary gear | an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train. |
| ~ rack and pinion | a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa). |
| ~ spur gear, spur wheel | gear wheels that mesh in the same plane. |
| ~ sun gear | the central gear in an epicyclic train. |
| ~ tooth | one of a number of uniform projections on a gear. |
| ~ wheel | a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines). |
| ~ worm gear | gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion. |
| ~ worm wheel | gear with the thread of a worm. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. gear, gearing, 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" |
| ~ engine | motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work. |
| ~ epicyclic gear train, epicyclic train | a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis. |
| ~ reduction gear | gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed. |
| ~ wheelwork | mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears). |
| n. (artifact) | 3. gear, gear mechanism | a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle). |
| ~ first gear, low gear, low, first | the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving. |
| ~ gearset | a set of gears. |
| ~ high gear, high | a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed. |
| ~ mechanism | device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function. |
| ~ park | a gear position that acts as a parking brake.; "the put the car in park and got out" |
| ~ reverse gear, reverse | the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed. |
| ~ second gear, second | the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle.; "he had to shift down into second to make the hill" |
| ~ steering gear | a gear that couples the steering wheel to the steering linkage of a motor vehicle. |
| ~ third gear, third | the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle.; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear" |
| ~ transmission system, transmission | the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. appurtenance, gear, paraphernalia | equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.. |
| ~ equipment | an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service. |
| ~ fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, tackle, rig | gear used in fishing. |
| ~ kit, outfit | gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose. |
| ~ regalia | paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office). |
| ~ rig | gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise. |
| ~ rigging, tackle | gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails. |
| ~ saddlery, stable gear, tack | gear for a horse. |
| v. (change) | 5. 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" |
| ~ popularise, popularize | make understandable to the general public.; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books" |
| march | | |
| n. (time) | 1. mar, march | the month following February and preceding April. |
| ~ gregorian calendar, new style calendar | the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752. |
| ~ annunciation, annunciation day, lady day, march 25 | a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland. |
| ~ march 2, texas independence day | Texans celebrate the anniversary of Texas' declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836. |
| ~ march 19, saint joseph, st joseph | a Christian holy day. |
| ~ gregorian calendar month | a month in the Gregorian calendar. |
| ~ mid-march | the middle part of March. |
| ~ march equinox, spring equinox, vernal equinox | March 21. |
| n. (act) | 2. march, marching | the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind).; "it was a long march"; "we heard the sound of marching" |
| ~ walk, walking | the act of traveling by foot.; "walking is a healthy form of exercise" |
| ~ countermarch | (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route. |
| ~ goose step | a manner of marching with legs straight and swinging high. |
| ~ lockstep | a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.; "the prisoner's ankles were so chained together that they could only march in lockstep" |
| ~ promenade | a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance. |
| ~ quick march | marching at quick time. |
| ~ routemarch | a long training march for troops. |
| n. (act) | 3. march | a steady advance.; "the march of science"; "the march of time" |
| ~ forward motion, onward motion, advancement, progress, procession, progression, advance | the act of moving forward (as toward a goal). |
| n. (group) | 4. march | a procession of people walking together.; "the march went up Fifth Avenue" |
| ~ procession | the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation.; "processions were forbidden" |
| ~ hunger march | a march of protest or demonstration by the unemployed. |
| n. (location) | 5. border district, borderland, march, marchland | district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area.; "the Welsh marches between England and Wales" |
| ~ district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion | a region marked off for administrative or other purposes. |
| n. (communication) | 6. march, marching music | genre of music written for marching.; "Sousa wrote the best marches" |
| ~ martial music, military march, military music | brisk marching music suitable for troops marching in a military parade. |
| ~ processional march, recessional march | a march to be played for processions. |
| ~ music genre, musical genre, musical style, genre | an expressive style of music. |
| n. (communication) | 7. march, master of architecture | a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture. |
| ~ master's degree | an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree. |
| v. (motion) | 8. march, process | march in a procession.; "They processed into the dining room" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| ~ file | proceed in line.; "The students filed into the classroom" |
| ~ promenade, troop, parade | march in a procession.; "the veterans paraded down the street" |
| ~ goose step | march in a military fashion. |
| ~ countermarch | march back along the same way. |
| ~ debouch, march out | march out (as from a defile) into open ground.; "The regiments debouched from the valley" |
| v. (motion) | 9. march | force to march.; "The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria" |
| ~ walk | accompany or escort.; "I'll walk you to your car" |
| ~ march | walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride.; "He marched into the classroom and announced the exam"; "The soldiers marched across the border" |
| ~ frogmarch | march a person against his will by any method. |
| v. (motion) | 10. march | walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride.; "He marched into the classroom and announced the exam"; "The soldiers marched across the border" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| ~ troop | move or march as if in a crowd.; "They children trooped into the room" |
| v. (social) | 11. demonstrate, march | march in protest; take part in a demonstration.; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle" |
| ~ dissent, protest, resist | express opposition through action or words.; "dissent to the laws of the country" |
| ~ picket | serve as pickets or post pickets.; "picket a business to protest the layoffs" |
| v. (motion) | 12. exhibit, march, parade | walk ostentatiously.; "She parades her new husband around town" |
| ~ walk | make walk.; "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day" |
| v. (motion) | 13. march | cause to march or go at a marching pace.; "They marched the mules into the desert" |
| ~ walk | make walk.; "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day" |
| v. (contact) | 14. abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary.; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" |
| ~ adjoin, contact, touch, meet | be in direct physical contact with; make contact.; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" |
| ~ neighbor, neighbour | be located near or adjacent to.; "Pakistan neighbors India" |
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