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gearing down

gearing down is the present participle and gerund of gear down.

Meaning of gear down

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.

Questions about gearing down

What is gearing down the present participle and gerund of?
Gearing down is the present participle and gerund of gear down.

Words near gearing down in the dictionary

  1. gearheads
  2. Gearheart
  3. Gearhearts
  4. Gearin
  5. gearing
  6. gearing down
  7. gearing to
  8. gearing towards
  9. gearing up
  10. gearings
  11. Gearins

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