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machinery
English
Etymology
From French machinerie (“machinery”), from machine (“machine”); see machine.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?-sh?'n?-r?, IPA(key): /m???i?n??i/
- Rhymes: -i?n??i
Noun
machinery (countable and uncountable, plural machineries)
- The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
- The working parts of a machine as a group.
- The collective parts of something which allow it to function.
- All of the machinery of the law was brought to bear on the investigation.
- (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect
Derived terms
- heavy machinery
- political machinery
Related terms
- machinist
Translations
Further reading
- machinery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- machinery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- hemicrany
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gear
English
Etymology
From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijan? (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: gîr, IPA(key): /???(?)/
- (US) enPR: gîr, IPA(key): /???/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Noun
gear (countable and uncountable, plural gears)
- (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
- Clothing; garments.
- (obsolete) Goods; property; household items.
- 1551, Ralph Robinson (sometimes spelt Raphe Robynson) (translator), Utopia (originally written by Sir Thomas More)
- (countable) A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel.
- Synonyms: cog, cogwheel, gearwheel
- (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
- (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear.
- (slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
- 2003, Marianne Hancock, Looking for Oliver (page 90)
- 2003, Marianne Hancock, Looking for Oliver (page 90)
- (uncountable, archaic) Stuff.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113:
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113:
- (obsolete) Business matters; affairs; concern.
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)
- March 29, 1549, Hugh Latimer, the fourth sermon preached before King Edward
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
gear (third-person singular simple present gears, present participle gearing, simple past and past participle geared)
- (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in, or come into, gear.
- To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
- (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
- This shop is not really geared towards people of our age.
- They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists.
- (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
gear (comparative more gear, superlative most gear)
- (chiefly Liverpudlian) great or fantastic
Anagrams
- Ager, GRAE, Gera, Rega, ager, areg, gare, rage
Manx
Alternative forms
- geayr, geyre
Etymology
From Old Irish gér.
Verb
gear (verbal noun gearey)
- to laugh, chuckle
Adjective
gear
- sharp, keen
- sour, acid
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old English
Alternative forms
- ??r, ??r – Anglian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *j?r?, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?r-. Cognate with Old Frisian j?r (West Frisian jier), Old Saxon j?r (Middle Low German jâr), Dutch jaar, Old High German j?r (German Jahr), Old Norse ár (Danish/Norwegian/Swedish år, Icelandic/Faroese ár), Gothic ???????????? (j?r). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ??? (h?ra, “season”), Russian ??? (jara), Czech jaro, Lithuanian jore (“springtime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jæ???r/
Noun
??ar n (nominative plural ??ar)
- year
- the runic character ? (/j/)
Declension
Derived terms
- ??ardagas
- ??arl??
- ?e?ra (uncertain)
Descendants
- Middle English: yeer, here, yere, ?ere
- English: year
- Scots: year
Portuguese
Etymology
From an Old Portuguese *gear (compare geo), from Latin gel?re, present active infinitive of gel?. Doublet of the borrowing gelar. Compare also Galician xear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?i?a?]
Verb
gear (first-person singular present indicative geio, past participle geado)
- (impersonal) to frost (weather)
Conjugation
Related terms
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????r/
Adverb
gear
- together
Further reading
- “gear (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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