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Adjective: geared  gi(-u)rd
  1. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged
    "It is now more than ten years since the first geared oil engine was created"
Verb: gear  gir [N. Amer], gi-u(r) [Brit]
  1. Set the level or character of
    "She geared her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
    - pitch

See also: back-geared, double-geared, engaged, in gear, intermeshed, meshed

Type of: accommodate, adapt

Antonym: ungeared

Encyclopedia: Gear