Hyphenation of gear

Are you trying to hyphenate gear? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

gear

Definitions of gear:

1.	A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
2.	Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed The fool got his tie caught in the geartrain
3.	A mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
4.	Equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
5.	Set the level or character of She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience

Synonyms of gear:

noun	gear wheel, cogwheel, wheel
noun	gear mechanism, mechanism
noun	paraphernalia, appurtenances, equipment
verb	pitch, adapt, accommodate

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.