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Noun gear has 3 senses

gear, gear wheel, cogwheel - a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
--₁ is a kind of wheel
--₁ has parts: cog, sprocket; tooth
--₁ has particulars:

bevel gear, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear; escape wheel; pinion; planetary gear, epicyclic gear, planet wheel, planet gear; rack and pinion; spur gear, spur wheel; sun gear; worm gear; worm wheel

gear, gear mechanism - a mechanism for transmitting motion by gears for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
--₂ is a kind of mechanism
--₂ has particulars:
first gear, first, low gear, low; gearset; high gear, high; park; reverse; second gear, second; steering gear; third gear, third; transmission, transmission system
gear, paraphernalia, appurtenances - equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
--₃ is a kind of equipment
--₃ has particulars:
fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig; kit, outfit; regalia; rig; rigging, tackle; stable gear, saddlery, tack

Verb gear has 1 sense

gear, pitch - set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
--₁ is one way to adapt, accommodate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody