rev
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛv
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm
Verb
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- To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
- He revved the engine in a rather macho style.
- You could hear the engines revving from a mile away.
- 2017 August 20, “The Observer view on the attacks in Spain”, in The Observer[1]:
- It is impossible to see inside the mind of a killer. What was he thinking, the young man who sat at the wheel of the white van at the top of Las Ramblas and purposefully revved the engine? What warped ideology, what distorted belief system, what bitter life experience had brought him to this fateful tipping point?
Derived terms
Translations
to increase the speed of a motor
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Etymology 2
Abbreviation of revolution
Noun
rev (plural revs)
Etymology 3
Noun
rev (plural revs)
- Abbreviation of reverend.
Anagrams
Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛv/
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Noun
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse refr, from Proto-Germanic *rebaz.
Noun
rev m (definite singular reven, indefinite plural rever, definite plural revene)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
rev n (definite singular revet, indefinite plural rev, definite plural reva or revene)
Derived terms
Related terms
- reve (verb)
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
- (of rive) reiv
Verb
rev
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of reve
- simple past of rive
References
- “rev” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse refr, from Proto-Germanic *rebaz.
Noun
rev m (definite singular reven, indefinite plural revar, definite plural revane)
- a fox (also used figuratively)
- 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog:
- Dan fatige fangar Reven; dan rike fær Skinnet.
- The poor man catches the fox; the rich man gets its hide.
- Dan fatige fangar Reven; dan rike fær Skinnet.
- 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog:
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
rev n (definite singular revet, indefinite plural rev, definite plural reva)
Derived terms
References
- “rev” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
rev c or n
- a fishing line c
- a reef; rocks close to the water surface. n
Declension
Declension of rev 1 | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | rev | reven | revar | revarna |
Genitive | revs | revens | revars | revarnas |
Declension of rev | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | rev | revet | rev | reven |
Genitive | revs | revets | revs | revens |
Derived terms
Verb
rev
- (deprecated template usage) past tense of riva.
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