noun
the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
• Syn: ↑first gear, ↑first, ↑low
• Hypernyms: ↑gear, ↑gear mechanism
• Part Holonyms: ↑car, ↑auto, ↑automobile, ↑machine, ↑motorcar
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low gear,
the gear that gives the greatest force and the least speed in an automobile; low.
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n. a gear that causes a wheeled vehicle to move slowly, because of a low ratio between the speed of the wheels and that of the mechanism driving them
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noun [noncount]
US : ↑low 2, 3
Useful english dictionary. 2012.