low gear

low gear
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

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