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gear down

gear down verb: to arrange a system of gear wheels or pulleys etc such that the driven part rotates or moves slower than the driving part.

Verb

gear down (third-person singular simple present gears down, present participle gearing down, simple past and past participle geared down)

  1. To arrange a system of gear wheels or pulleys etc such that the driven part rotates or moves slower than the driving part.
  2. To shift to a lower gear in a manual-transmission car.

gear down meaning in Tamil

gear down in Tamil

குறைவேகப் பற்சக்கரம்

Forms of gear down

third-person singular presentgears down
present participlegearing down
past participlegeared down
pastgeared down

Questions about gear down

What does gear down mean?
Gear down means to arrange a system of gear wheels or pulleys etc such that the driven part rotates or moves slower than the driving part.
What is gear down in Tamil?
Gear down in Tamil is குறைவேகப் பற்சக்கரம். See Gear down meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gear down?
Gear down is a verb.
What is the past tense of gear down?
The past tense of gear down is geared down.

Words near gear down in the dictionary

  1. gear acquisition syndrome
  2. gear case
  3. gear cases
  4. gear change
  5. gear changes
  6. gear down
  7. gear head
  8. gear heads
  9. gear knob
  10. gear knobs
  11. gear lever

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