rev
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɛv/
- Rhymes: -ɛv
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm
Verb
rev (third-person singular simple present revs, present participle revving, simple past and past participle revved)
- 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:
- 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
Etymology 3
Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɾɛv/
Norwegian Bokmål
rev (1)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse refr, from Proto-Germanic *rebaz.
Related terms
Derived terms
Related terms
- reve (verb)
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
- (of rive) reiv
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reːʋ/
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:
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Swedish
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
- korallrev
- metrev
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