♦ gear

♦ gear
♦ gear /gɪə(r)/
n.
1 [cu] (mecc.) congegno; dispositivo; meccanismo; ingranaggio, ruota dentata: differential gear, (ingranaggio) differenziale; spiral gear, ingranaggio elicoidale; lifting gear, meccanismo di sollevamento
2 (di automobile) marcia, cambio; (di bicicletta) moltiplica, rapporto; (di cannone) cambio di mira: to change gear, cambiare (marcia); to crash the gears, grattare (le marce); to be in gear, avere la marcia ingranata (o inserita); to be out of gear, essere in folle; to shift gears, cambiare (marcia)
3 [u] (fam.) abiti; indumenti (spec. giovanili)
4 [u] (anche sport) attrezzatura; arnesi; attrezzi; equipaggiamento: climbing gear, attrezzatura da roccia; hunting gear, equipaggiamento per la caccia
5 bardatura (di cavallo da tiro)
6 [u] (naut.) manovre, attrezzatura (d'una nave)
7 (slang USA) cosa eccitante; cannonata (fig.)
8 (slang USA) droga
gear-case, (mecc.) scatola degli ingranaggi; (di bicicletta) copricatena □ gear change, (autom., mecc.) cambio di marcia; (di bicicletta) cambio: gear change control, comando del cambio (al manubrio) □ gear cutter, fabbricante d'ingranaggi; (mecc.) dentatrice □ (mecc.) gear drive, trasmissione a ingranaggi □ (autom.) gear lever, leva (o cloche) del cambio □ (autom.) gear ratio, rapporto di riduzione (delle marce) □ gear shaft, (mecc.) albero portaingranaggi; (autom.) albero del cambio di velocità □ (USA) gear shift = gear lever ► sopra □ gear stick ► gearstick □ (mecc.) gear teeth, dentatura □ (mecc.) gear train, ingranaggio (collett.); rotismo □ (autom.) to go into gear, ingranare; entrare (fam.) □ (autom.) in neutral (gear), (cambio) in folle □ (fig.) in top gear, a pieno ritmo: We were working in top gear, lavoravamo a pieno ritmo □ (autom.) to move up a gear, cambiare passando a una marcia più alta; (fig.) aumentare gli sforzi; partire in quarta (fig.) □ (autom.) to put the engine into gear, ingranare la marcia □ to slip a gear (autom.) non ingranare una marcia; (fig.) fare uno sbaglio; sbagliare □ (autom.: della frizione) to slip out of gear, disinnestarsi, disinserirsi.
(to) gear /gɪə(r)/
A v. t.
1 (mecc.) provvedere (una macchina, ecc.) d'ingranaggi; mettere il cambio di velocità a (una bicicletta, ecc.)
2 (mecc.) innestare (un congegno); ingranare, inserire (una marcia)
3 (spesso to gear up) bardare (una bestia da tiro)
4 (fig.) adeguare; adattare; modificare: to gear production to demand, modificare la produzione secondo le esigenze della domanda
5 (fig.) preparare; attrezzare
B v. i.
(mecc.: di congegno, ecc.) ingranare; ingranare bene
to gear down, (mecc.) demoltiplicare con ingranaggi; (autom.) scalare le marce; (fig.) abbassare, ridurre, decelerare (l'attività, la produzione, ecc.); rallentare □ to gear up, (mecc.) provvedere d'ingranaggi, moltiplicare con ingranaggi; (autom.) mettere (o ingranare, inserire) una marcia più alta; (fin.: di una società) aumentare il proprio indebitamento, indebitarsi ulteriormente; (fig.) potenziare, potenziarsi; aumentare, accelerare (l'attività, la produzione, ecc.); (fig.) preparare; fare i preparativi; prepararsi: Rimini is gearing up for the tourist season, Rimini sta facendo i preparativi per la stagione turistica.

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