From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gear \Gear\ (g[=e]r) verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Geared} (g[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gearing}.]
1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged [ant: {ungeared}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "geared": a propos, ad rem, adapted, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, dovetailing, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, happy, just right, likely, meshing, on the button, opportune, pat, qualified, relevant, right, seasonable, sortable, suitable, suited, suiting, tailored, to the point, to the purpose
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