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Adjective: geared  geerd
  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  geer
  1. Set the level or character of
    "She geared her speech to the teenagers in the audience";
    - pitch
     
  2. Adjust gears in order to achieve a desired speed

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

Type of: accommodate, adapt

Antonym: ungeared

Encyclopedia: Geared

Gear, Michael