Ge

n. The chemical symbol for germanium, a metalloid element of atomic number 32. See germanium. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- germanium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

An Anglo-Saxon prefix. See Y-. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. geler, fr. L. gelare, fr. gelu. See Gelid. ] To congeal. [ Obs. or Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. guigne the fruit of the gean; cf. OHG. wīhsila, G. weichsel. ] (Bot.) A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the earth + E. anticlinal. ] (Geol.) An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing, adornment, armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG. garawī, garwī ornament, dress. See Yare, and cf. Garb dress. ] 1. Clothing; garments; ornaments. [ 1913 Webster ]

Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Goods; property; household stuff. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Homely gear and common ware. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clad in a vesture of unknown gear. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Warlike accouterments. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Manner; custom; behavior. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus go they both together to their gear. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Mech.) (a) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively. (b) An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe. (c) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st Jeer (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bever gear. See Bevel gear. --
Core gear, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See Mortise wheel, under Mortise. --
Expansion gear (Steam Engine), the arrangement of parts for cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the cut-off. See under Expansion. --
Feed gear. See Feed motion, under Feed, n. --
Gear cutter, a machine or tool for forming the teeth of gear wheels by cutting. --
Gear wheel, any cogwheel. --
Running gear. See under Running. --
To throw in gear or
To throw out of gear (Mach.), to connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to put in, or out of, working relation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Mach.) To be in, or come into, gear. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Geared p. pr. & vb. n. Gearing. ] 1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To adapt toward some specific purpose; as, they geared their advertising for maximum effect among teenagers. [ PJC ]

Double geared, driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine. [ 1913 Webster ]