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Usage note: "low gear" implies the first sense, "a low gear" implies the second.
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low-gear — low frequency, low gear, Low German see under ↑frequent, ↑gear and ↑German respectively. • • • Main Entry: ↑low … Useful english dictionary
low gear — ► NOUN ▪ a gear that causes a wheeled vehicle to move slowly … English terms dictionary
low gear — n [U and C] one of a vehicle s ↑gears that you use when you are driving at a slow speed … Dictionary of contemporary English
low gear — noun count or uncount 1. ) any of the GEARS that you use when you are driving slowly or up a hill 2. ) uncount a period of little activity or slow progress … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
low gear — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms low gear : singular low gear plural low gears 1) any of the gears that you use when you are driving slowly or up a hill 2) [uncountable] a period of little activity or slow progress … English dictionary
low gear — lowest gear of a vehicle, first gear on the transmission of a vehicle … English contemporary dictionary
low gear — The lowest gear in a transmission, usually called first gear … Dictionary of automotive terms
low gear — noun a gear that causes a wheeled vehicle to move slowly … English new terms dictionary
low gear — noun (C, U) one of a vehicle s gears that you use when you are driving at a slow speed … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
