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SECOND GEAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
Example:
he had to shift down into second to make the hill
Synonyms:
second; second gear
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("second gear" is a kind of...):
gear; gear mechanism (a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle))
Holonyms ("second gear" is a part of...):
automotive vehicle; motor vehicle (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails)
