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HIGH GEAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("high gear" is a kind of...):
gear; gear mechanism (a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "high gear"):
overdrive (a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power)
Holonyms ("high gear" is a part of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
