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rev

See also: Rev, rév, rèv, řev, rev., and Rev.

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɛv/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛv

Etymology 1 edit

Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm

Verb edit

rev (third-person singular simple present revs, present participle revving, simple past and past participle revved)

  1. 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.
    • 1979, Al Greenwood, Lou Gramm, “Rev on the Red Line”, in Head Games:
      Two in a row, everybody knows at the green light you rev it on the red line.
    • 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 edit
Translations edit

Etymology 2 edit

Abbreviation of revolution

Noun edit

rev (plural revs)

  1. revolution (of something spinning)
    • 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 175:
      Up came the revs again, slam the door shut, kick the stick off the throttle and up through the gears, down the others side! Whee! Made it again!
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Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

rev (plural revs)

  1. Abbreviation of reverend.

See also edit

other terms containing the word "rev", not derived from previous entries

Anagrams edit

Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib”), cognate with English rib, German Rippe, Dutch rib (English reef, German Riff, Dutch rif come from Old Norse). Doublet of ribbe.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rev n (singular definite revet, plural indefinite rev)

  1. reef (ridge of rock or coral in the sea)
  2. (obsolete) rib (one of the long curved bones in the chest)
    Synonym: ribben
  3. (obsolete) rib (piece of meat cut from the back of the ox)
    Synonym: højreb
Declension edit
Declension of rev
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rev revet rev revene
genitive revs revets revs revenes
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

rev

  1. past participle common of rive

Northern Kurdish edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rev f

  1. run
  2. escape

Derived terms edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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rev (1)

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse refr, from Proto-Germanic *rebaz.

Noun edit

rev m (definite singular reven, indefinite plural rever, definite plural revene)

  1. a fox (also used figuratively)
  2. (slang) marijuana
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Old Norse rif.

Noun edit

rev n (definite singular revet, indefinite plural rev, definite plural reva or revene)

  1. a reef (ridge of rock or coral in the sea)
  2. a reef (nautical) (in a sail)
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Related terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

rev

  1. imperative of reve
  2. simple past of rive

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse refr, from Proto-Germanic *rebaz.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /rɛːv/
  • Hyphenation: rèv

Noun edit

rev m (definite singular reven, indefinite plural revar, definite plural revane)

  1. 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.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

From Old Norse rif.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /reːv/
  • Hyphenation: rév

Noun edit

rev n (definite singular revet, indefinite plural rev, definite plural reva)

  1. a reef (ridge of rock or coral in the sea)
  2. a reef (nautical) (in a sail)
Derived terms edit

References edit

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

Deverbal from revať (“to roar”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rev m inan (genitive singular revu, nominative plural revy, genitive plural revov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. roar

Declension edit

Declension of rev
singular plural
nominative rev revy
genitive revu revov
dative revu revom
accusative rev revy
locative reve revoch
instrumental revom revmi

Further reading edit

  • “rev”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse reifa, from Proto-Germanic *raibōną. Compare Old English ārāfian (“uncoil; wind off”), Faroese reiva (“swaddle”).

Noun edit

rev c

  1. a fishing line
Declension edit
Declension of rev 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rev reven revar revarna
Genitive revs revens revars revarnas
Derived terms edit

References edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse rif. Compare Danish rev, Middle Low German rif, German Riff.

Noun edit

rev n

  1. a reef; rocks close to the water surface.
  2. a rib; a cross-running bone in your upper thorax
Declension edit
Declension of rev 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rev revet rev reven
Genitive revs revets revs revens
Derived terms edit

References edit

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

rev

  1. past indicative of riva

References edit

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