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What is "first gear"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
first gear
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Horacio shifts into first gear and the bus begins to struggle up the hillside.
▪ In first gear the rear Michelin breaks traction immediately.
▪ In most applications first gear low box is low enough.
▪ Maria shoved the Mercedes into first gear and squealed forward.
▪ The truck, in first gear again, was heading through a forest of small thin jack pine.
▪ Their line and length was immaculate and after 16 overs Park were still in first gear on 28 for one.
▪ Trent rode in first gear, headlight tunnelling into the forest gloom through which the rain bucketed.
▪ Without the soul in first gear with the Boss, brakes are difficult to apply and take longer to become operative.
Wiktionary
first gear

n. The first gear of an engine, which provides the lowest output speed and greatest mechanical advantage.

WordNet
first gear

n. the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving [syn: first, low gear, low]

Usage examples of "first gear".

With a splintering crash barely audible above the roaring of the engine at maximum revs in first gear, the Mercedes went through the barrier as if it had been made of cardboard, shot out over the edge of the cliff and disappeared from sight.

Chip already had the tractor in first gear, and Virginia was off, chainsaw in hand, chivvying the rats from their argument about who'd won.

After setting Pitt on the floor between the big diesels where he could get warm again, Giordino climbed back into the icy control cabin, sat behind the steering wheel, and engaged first gear.

Then into first gear, forgetting the cars and letting the beast wind out.

It seemed most of his ventures were companies stuck in first gear that seemed to sprint ahead on paper but in reality were stretched to the limits to meet growth and debt demands.