Verb (used with object) : The producers geared their output to seasonal demands.    From Dictionary.com. 

Under the gears is a carbon fiber layer which really sets them off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

When, as thy fav'rite pass'd, thou stood'st in gears.    From Wordnik.com.  [To a dead Jack-Ass] Reference

These twin gears are the main reason why the juice produced is of such high quality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Green Star | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference

Back to school means changing gears from a relaxing summer to buckling down and studying.    From Wordnik.com.  [6 Tips for Successful Students « Blogs « Literacy News] Reference

This project is a total shift in gears for me, which is proving quite helpful to my overall creative process.    From Wordnik.com.  [April 8th, 2005] Reference

They look like nothing like the regular cycling 'gears' - they're cute enough to wear even if you don't own a bicycle!.    From Wordnik.com.  [SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator] Reference

And the biggest wrench in the gears is the human factor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill of Rights Defense Committee - Headlines] Reference

As a steampunk enthusiast I gotta say I love the idea of gears I can eat. :p.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sunday Sweets: Steampunk] Reference

"In this system, the gears are a million times more massive than the bacteria.".    From Wordnik.com.  [R&D Mag - News] Reference

My gears are the following: Canon EOS 750QD; Quantaray 28-90mm f / 3. 5-5.6; and Perutz Primera Color 100.    From Wordnik.com.  [dodongflores Up Close and Personal] Reference

"The gears are a million times more massive than the bacteria," said physicist Igor Aronson, who led the study.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference

"The gears are a million times more massive than the bacteria," said physicist and principal investigator Igor Aronson.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

The complicated meshing of the gears is a physical representation of the so-called Callippic and saros astronomical cycles.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Antikythera Mechanism] Reference

Not so much political issues, but the issues that ground my gears were the Michael Vick case, Don Imus, Virginia Tech and the Jena 6.    From Wordnik.com.  [End of Year Meme] Reference

So this bike does have plural "gears," regardless of how untenable some of them might be.    From Wordnik.com.  [Down With Gears, or Down With Gears: Figuring Out What to Ride] Reference

June 5th, 2007 at 10: 52 pm google 'gears' servisini kullanýma açtý - Herþeyde biraz 2de1.    From Wordnik.com.  [Google Gears Lets Developers Take Apps Offline] Reference

I never post although I am an avid follower But I was going to forward the "gears" cake to you and here it is!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sunday Sweets: Steampunk] Reference

It has a solid hub and lacks any gears, meaning that one rotation of the pedals produces one rotation of the wheel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rough-Terrain Unicycling] Reference

Those oversize roller bearings that they employ as their "gears" inevitably have an upper, discrete, limit to their roundness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Future is Meh, the Apocalypse is Nigh: Tempting Fate] Reference

You can almost see the "gears" turning in that little boy's mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed]

You are then given a sliding tile puzzle containing various components such as gears, pipes, hammers and balloons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Local Guardian | Sutton] Reference

Continuously Variable Transmissions have an infinite number of "gears", providing seamless acceleration and improved fuel economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

Wow, that was a fast shift in gears.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: Gnashing of Democratic Teeth Begins] Reference

You're compelled to shift gears, and you won't come out unchanged.    From Wordnik.com.  [The First Day of the Rest of My Life] Reference

They give the EU a last chance to shift gears and get back on track.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Last Chance For Europe] Reference

And I loved switching gears with the chrome-topped, short-throw shifter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whole New World] Reference

But shouldn't the car business, of all industries, be able to switch gears?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heavy Metal?] Reference

The media machine immediately started turning and I got stuck in its gears.    From Wordnik.com.  [I'm Only Guilty Of Being A Good Friend] Reference

Because they can't understand him (who can?), the pros are always shifting gears.    From Wordnik.com.  [Confounding The Right] Reference

Words like "socialism" are tossed out as epithets, and it's hard to change gears.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Engine That Could] Reference

I've switched gears now and find myself creating to-do lists for when I get home.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Macphersons: Week 50: Thoughts Of Home] Reference

I do know that when Raj is at work, it's nearly impossible for him to switch gears.    From Wordnik.com.  [The ‘New Dad’? Give Me a Break.] Reference

We have to switch gears from a low-saving, high-spending country to nearly the opposite.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can It Get Any Worse?] Reference

DANGER: 'Hard Copy' gears up for embarrassing expoLocal TV StationsAnchors play peewee Tom Brokaw.    From Wordnik.com.  [People's Politics] Reference