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gear
Noun
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Gear is clothing and other equipment, especially in sports.
Hurry up and get your gear on. The game's about to start.
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Gears are wheels that turn and drive other wheels at different speeds.
One of the gears from the motor had got stuck and wouldn't turn.
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A gear in a machine, especially a car or bicycle, is a particular combinations of gears.
He put the car into gear and drove off.
This bike has 24 gears, but I only use three.
Shifting into fourth gear, she pushed the car over 100 km/h.
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A gear is a speed or level that you do something at.
Everyone was working at high gear to finish before the deadline.
blank
Verb
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If you blank something, you make it empty.
blank
Adjective
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If a piece of paper or something else is blank, it has nothing written on it.
I asked Bill for a blank piece of paper, but he gave me one with writing on it.
I thought he would sign the check, but he left it blank.
The computer screen was completely blank because the computer was off.
blank
Noun
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A blank is a space or line on a piece of paper or somewhere else where a word or phrase is supposed to be.
Fill in the blanks on the legal form.