They're engaged!

Usage examples of gears.

Soon I had gone through over half the gears, but the incline continued to fight me.

Killian and Wells had the distinct impression he was shifting mental gears as well, homing in more directly to the issue at hand.

Tamara released the clutch with a screech of gears and they took off for the airfield.

With a metallic grinding of the gears, the big truck started to move forward, picking up speed.

BMW reasonably well controlled, learning how to change gears, operate the various switches on the handlebars, and what to do if the engine flooded.

There was a crunch of gears as Stanski slowed and changed down, and then they drove at a leisurely speed along the Moika Canal.

Beyond the glass she heard the sound of engines starting up and moving off, gears crunching, and far off the faint hum of traffic.

The jeep rolled past, shifting gears to get out of what looked like a spot of soft dirt or sand.

One of the little trash robots trundled across the floor, gears grinding harshly, and bumped into a plant trough.