"re-gear" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: re-gears [present, singular, third-person], re-gearing [participle, present], re-geared [participle, past], re-geared [past]
Etymology: From re- + gear. Etymology templates: {{af|en|re-|gear}} re- + gear Head templates: {{en-verb|re-gears|re-gearing|re-geared}} re-gear (third-person singular simple present re-gears, present participle re-gearing, simple past and past participle re-geared)
  1. Alternative form of regear. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: regear
    Sense id: en-re-gear-en-verb-maJ0N6Kw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-

Inflected forms

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