Phrase Hound found 83 phrases and 13 compound words that contain gears. The most common are listed below. Open gears in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 83
- gears upthird-person singular simple present indicative of gear up: To prepare for an activity.
- shift gearsTo change the gear by which motion is transmitted from a powered shaft to another shaft, especially in a motor vehicle.
- bicycle gearsplural of bicycle gear: Ellipsis of bicycle landing gear.
- planetary gearsplural of planetary gear: A system of gears that has a central gear wheel (sun gear) around which others (planet gears) rotate, often within an outer ring.
- shifting gearspresent participle of shift gears: To change the gear by which motion is transmitted from a powered shaft to another shaft, especially in a motor vehicle.
- switch gearsAlternative form of shift gears: To change the gear by which motion is transmitted from a powered shaft to another shaft, especially in a motor vehicle.
- worm gearsplural of worm gear: Synonym of worm wheel (“the wheel in a worm drive”).
- spur gearsplural of spur gear: The simplest type of gear wheel, with teeth projecting radially, parallel to its axis.
- skew gearsplural of skew gear: A bevel gear in which the teeth are slanted, forming a spiral-like shape.
- bevel gearsplural of bevel gear: A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels …
- sun and planet gearsplural of sun and planet gear: A device for converting reciprocating motion to rotary motion, used in the first rotative beam engines.
- epicyclic gearsplural of epicyclic gear: A system of gears that has a central gear wheel around which others rotate, often within an outer ring.
- go through the gearsTo gain momentum; to get up to speed.
- move through the gearsTo gradually increase speed or output.
- give someone the gearsTo scold or criticize someone.
- grind one's gearsTo annoy or irritate one.
- goes through the gearsthird-person singular simple present indicative of go through the gears: To gain momentum; to get up to speed.
- going through the gearspresent participle of go through the gears: To gain momentum; to get up to speed.
- gone through the gearspast participle of go through the gears: To gain momentum; to get up to speed.
- moved through the gearssimple past and past participle of move through the gears
- moves through the gearsthird-person singular simple present indicative of move through the gears: To gradually increase speed or output.
- moving through the gearspresent participle and gerund of move through the gears
- went through the gearssimple past of go through the gears
- body gearsplural of body gear: Landing gear mounted in the lower part of an aircraft's fuselage, generally between or slightly behind the wings.
- bottom gearsplural of bottom gear: The lowest gear available from a transmission or other gearbox, typically in a motor vehicle or cycle.
Compound words 13
- headgearsplural of headgear: Anything worn on the head, such as a hat, hood, helmet, etc.
- switchgearsplural of switchgear: A device used to control, meter, protect, and regulate electronics as part of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution.
- drawgearsplural of drawgear: A harness for draught horses.
- foregearsplural of foregear: Armour for the front of the body.
- gearsetsplural of gearset: A set of gears, as in a car or bicycle.
- gearsticksplural of gearstick: The lever used to change gear in a vehicle.
- longearsplural of longear: Lepomis megalotis, a colourful freshwater sunfish with an elongated opercular flap.
- nanogearsplural of nanogear: A nanoscale gear
- nightgearsplural of nightgear: Nightclothes.
- overgearsthird-person singular simple present indicative of overgear: Synonym of overdrive (“a gear higher than the traditional top gear”)