name
Meaning 1
Alternative form of Rev..
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rev
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ɛv
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UK: /ɹɛv/
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CMU ARPABET: R EH1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A road network in Montreal, Quebec, Canada for bicycles
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Clipping of revolution (of something spinning).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Clipping of revenue
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
Examples
- ad rev
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Clipping of reverend
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Initialism of range-extended vehicle or range extender vehicle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: EREV, REX, REEV
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Acronym of rotary exhaust valve
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ergative
Examples
- He revved the engine in a rather macho style.
- You could hear the engines revving from a mile away.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
rate of revolution of a motor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the engine was doing 6000 revs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: revolutions per minute, rpm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rate
verb
Meaning 10
increase the number of rotations per minute
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- rev up an engine
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rev up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: increase
History
Etymology
From French REV, from Réseau Express Vélo (“Express Bicycle Lane Network”), from réseau express vélo, from réseau+express+vélo
Abbreviation.
Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: REV — bike network
- Bulgarian: форсирам (forsiram) — to increase the speed of a motor
- Bulgarian: давам газ (davam gaz) — to increase the speed of a motor
- Danish: gasse op — to increase the speed of a motor
- Dutch: optrekken — to increase the speed of a motor
- Finnish: revittää — to increase the speed of a motor
- Finnish: lisätä kierroksia — to increase the speed of a motor
- French: faire monter le régime de — to increase the speed of a motor
- French: faire tourner à plein régime — to increase the speed of a motor
- German: aufheulen lassen — to increase the speed of a motor
- German: hochdrehen — to increase the speed of a motor
- German: auf Touren bringen — to increase the speed of a motor
- Hungarian: gyorsít — to increase the speed of a motor
- Hungarian: gázt ad — to increase the speed of a motor
- Hungarian: gázfröccsöt ad — to increase the speed of a motor
- Hungarian: kakaót ad — to increase the speed of a motor
- Hungarian: megnyomja — to increase the speed of a motor
- Hungarian: nekinyomja — to increase the speed of a motor
- Norwegian Bokmål: ruse — to increase the speed of a motor
- Portuguese: acelerar — to increase the speed of a motor
- Russian: газовать (gazovatʹ) — to increase the speed of a motor
- Spanish: acelerar — to increase the speed of a motor
- Swedish: varva — to increase the speed of a motor