Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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popularize | No | No | Yes | No |
gear | Yes | No | Yes | No |
popularize (noun) | gear (noun) |
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a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | |
equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | |
wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed | |
a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) |
popularize (verb) | gear (verb) |
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make understandable to the general public | set the level or character of |
cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use |