SECOND GEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does second gear mean? 

• SECOND GEAR (noun)
  The noun SECOND GEAR has 1 sense:

1. the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle

  Familiarity information: SECOND GEAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECOND GEAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

second; second gear

Context example:

he had to shift down into second to make the hill

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)