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

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɛv/Category:English 1-syllable words#REV Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#REV
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#REV
Rhymes: -ɛv Category:Rhymes:English/ɛv#REV Category:Rhymes:English/ɛv/1 syllable#REV

Etymology 1

Verb

rev (third-person singular simple present revs, present participle revving, simple past and past participle revved)Category:English lemmas#REV Category:English verbs#REV Category:English entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

(ergative Category:English ergative verbs#REV) To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
He revved the engine in a rather macho style.Category:English terms with usage examples#REV

You could hear the engines revving from a mile away.Category:English terms with usage examples#REV
- 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.
  Category:English terms with quotations#REV
  Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned
- 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?
  Category:English terms with quotations#REV

Derived terms

Translations

to increase the speed of a motor

Category:Entries with translation boxes#REV

Bulgarian: форсирам (bg) (forsiram)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#REV, давам газ (davam gaz)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#REV
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Mandarin#REV
Danish: gasse op cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#REV
Dutch: optrekken (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#REV
Esperanto: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Esperanto#REV
Finnish: revittää (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#REV, lisätä kierroksiaCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#REV
French: faire monter le régime deCategory:Terms with French translations#REV, faire tourner à plein régimeCategory:Terms with French translations#REV
German: aufheulen lassenCategory:Terms with German translations#REV, hochdrehen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#REV, auf Touren bringenCategory:Terms with German translations#REV
Hungarian: gyorsít (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#REV, gázt adCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#REV (slang), gázfröccsöt adCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#REV (slang), kakaót adCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#REV (slang), megnyomjaCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#REV (slang), nekinyomjaCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#REV (slang)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ruse (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#REV
Portuguese: acelerar (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#REV
Russian: газовать (ru) (gazovatʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#REV
Spanish: acelerar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#REV
Swedish: varva (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#REV

Etymology 2

Noun

rev (plural revs)Category:English lemmas#REV Category:English nouns#REV Category:English countable nouns#REV Category:English entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

Clipping of revolution (of something spinning)Category:English clippings#REV.
- 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!
  Category:English terms with quotations#REV

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

rev (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#REV Category:English nouns#REV Category:English uncountable nouns#REV Category:English uncountable nouns#REV Category:English entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

Clipping of revenueCategory:English clippings#REV
ad revCategory:English terms with usage examples#REV

Etymology 4

Noun

rev (plural revs)Category:English lemmas#REV Category:English nouns#REV Category:English countable nouns#REV Category:English entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

Clipping of reverendCategory:English clippings#REV

Anagrams

ERV, VRE, ev'r, ver, ver.

Category:English intransitive verbs#REV Category:English transitive verbs#REV Category:en:Automotive#REV

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Old Cornish Category:Cornish terms inherited from Old Cornish#REV Category:Cornish terms derived from Old Cornish#REV ruif, from Proto-Brythonic Category:Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic#REV Category:Cornish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic#REV *rruɨβ̃, from Latin Category:Cornish terms derived from Latin#REV rēmus. Cognate with Breton roeñv and Welsh rhwyf. Doublet of reuv (“shovel”)Category:Cornish doublets#REV.

Noun

rev f (plural revow)Category:Cornish lemmas#REV Category:Cornish nouns#REV Category:Cornish entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Cornish feminine nouns#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

oar

Derived terms

rev dhewbennek (“paddle”)
revya (“paddle, row”, verb)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

revCategory:Cornish non-lemma forms#REV Category:Cornish verb forms#REV Category:Cornish entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of revya
second-person singular imperative of revya

Danish

reef (ridge of rock or coral in the sea)
(obsolete Category:Danish terms with obsolete senses#REV) rib (one of the long curved bones in the chest)
Synonym: ribben
(obsolete Category:Danish terms with obsolete senses#REV) rib (piece of meat cut from the back of the ox)
Synonym: højreb

Declension

Declension of *rev*
neuter gender	singular		plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rev	revet	rev	revene
genitive	revs	revets	revs	revenes

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reːˀv/, [ˈʁæˀw], [ˈʁæwˀ]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#REV
Homophone: rævCategory:Danish terms with homophones#REV

Verb

revCategory:Danish non-lemma forms#REV Category:Danish verb forms#REV Category:Danish entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

past participle common of rive

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Rødrev

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology 1

From Old Norse Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#REV refr, from Proto-Norse Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Norse#REV *rebaʀCategory:Proto-Norse terms in nonstandard scripts#REV.

Noun

rev m (definite singular reven, indefinite plural rever, definite plural revene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#REV Category:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#REV Category:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

a fox (also used figuratively)
(slang Category:Norwegian Bokmål slang#REV) marijuana

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

rev (maritimt)

Wikipedia ^no

From Old Norse Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#REV rif.

Noun

rev n (definite singular revet, indefinite plural rev, definite plural reva or revene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#REV Category:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#REV Category:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

a reef (ridge of rock or coral in the sea)
a reef (nautical Category:nb:Nautical#REV) (in a sail)

Derived terms

Related terms

reve (verb)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

reiv (of rive)

Verb

revCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#REV Category:Norwegian Bokmål verb forms#REV Category:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

imperative of reve
simple past of rive

References

“rev” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Category:nb:Animals#REV Category:nb:Landforms#REV

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Raudrev

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Alternative forms

(fox): ræv, røv (Trøndelag)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#REV refr, from Proto-Norse Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Norse#REV *rebaʀCategory:Proto-Norse terms in nonstandard scripts#REV.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rɛːv/Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation#REV
Hyphenation: rèv

Noun

rev m (definite singular reven, indefinite plural revar, definite plural revane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#REV Category:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#REV Category:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

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.
  Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations#REV
  Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned
(slang Category:Norwegian Nynorsk slang#REV) a marijuana joint
å fyre opp ein rev
to light a joint
Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples#REV

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

rev i sjø

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

From Old Norse Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#REV rif.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reːv/Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation#REV
Hyphenation: rév

Noun

rev n (definite singular revet, indefinite plural rev, definite plural reva)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#REV Category:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#REV Category:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

a reef (ridge of rock or coral in the sea)
a reef (nautical Category:nn:Nautical#REV) (in a sail)

Derived terms

References

“rev” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Category:nn:Canids#REV Category:nn:Landforms#REV Category:nn:Recreational drugs#REV

Slovak

Etymology

Deverbal from revať (“to roar”)Category:Slovak deverbals#REV.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rev/, [ˈreu̯]Category:Slovak 1-syllable words#REV Category:Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation#REV

Rhymes: -ev Category:Rhymes:Slovak/ev#REV Category:Rhymes:Slovak/ev/1 syllable#REV

Noun

rev m inanCategory:Slovak lemmas#REV Category:Slovak nouns#REV Category:Slovak entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Slovak masculine nouns#REV Category:Slovak inanimate nouns#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

roar

Declension

Declension of *rev*
(pattern *dub*)
	singular	plural
nominative	rev	revy
genitive	revu	revov
dative	revu	revom
accusative	rev	revy
locative	reve	revoch
instrumental	revom	revmi

Category:Slovak terms with declension dub#rev

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

rev (olika betydelser)

Wikipedia ^sv

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reːv/Category:Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation#REV
Rhymes: -eːv Category:Rhymes:Swedish/eːv#REV

Etymology 1

From Old Norse Category:Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse#REV Category:Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#REV reifa, from Proto-Germanic Category:Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#REV Category:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#REV *raibōną. Compare Old English ārāfian (“uncoil; wind off”), Faroese reiva (“swaddle”).

Noun

rev cCategory:Swedish lemmas#REV Category:Swedish nouns#REV Category:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Swedish common-gender nouns#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

a fishing line

Declension

Declension of *rev*
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	rev	revs
singular	definite	reven	revens
plural	indefinite	revar	revars
plural	definite	revarna	revarnas

Derived terms

metrev

References

“rev”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse Category:Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse#REV Category:Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#REV rif. Compare Danish rev, Middle Low German rif, German Riff.

Noun

rev nCategory:Swedish lemmas#REV Category:Swedish nouns#REV Category:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Swedish neuter nouns#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

a reef; rocks close to the water surface.
a rib; a cross-running bone in your upper thorax

Declension

Declension of *rev*
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	rev	revs
singular	definite	revet	revets
plural	indefinite	rev	revs
plural	definite	reven	revens

Derived terms

korallrev

References

“rev”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

revCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#REV Category:Swedish verb forms#REV Category:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#REV Category:Pages with entries#REV Category:Pages with 8 entries#REV

past indicative of riva

References

“rev”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“rev”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“rev”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
rev in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Wikimore

rev

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

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Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

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Etymology 3

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Etymology 4

Noun

See also

Anagrams

Cornish

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

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Danish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Declension

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Etymology 2

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Northern Kurdish

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

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Etymology 2

Noun

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Related terms

Etymology 3

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Verb

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

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Slovak

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Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

Noun

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Etymology 3

Verb

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