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rev

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

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm

Verb

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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?
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviation of revolution

Noun

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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

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Noun

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rev (plural revs)

  1. Abbreviation of reverend.

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

Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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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.

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Noun

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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
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Declension of rev
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rev revet rev revene
genitive revs revets revs revenes
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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rev

  1. past participle common of rive

Northern Kurdish

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Noun

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rev f

  1. run
  2. escape

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no
rev (1)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. a fox (also used figuratively)
  2. (slang) marijuana
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Etymology 2

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

From Old Norse rif.

Noun

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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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Etymology 3

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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rev

  1. imperative of reve
  2. simple past of rive

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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.
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Etymology 2

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

From Old Norse rif.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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)
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Slovak

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Etymology

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Deverbal from revať (“to roar”).

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Noun

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rev m inan

  1. roar

Declension

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Declension of rev (pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativerevrevy
genitiverevurevov
dativerevurevom
accusativerevrevy
locativereverevoch
instrumentalrevomrevmi

Further reading

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  • “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, 2003–2024

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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rev c

  1. a fishing line
Declension
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Declension of rev
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rev revs
definite reven revens
plural indefinite revar revars
definite revarna revarnas
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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rev n

  1. a reef; rocks close to the water surface.
  2. a rib; a cross-running bone in your upper thorax
Declension
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Declension of rev
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rev revs
definite revet revets
plural indefinite rev revs
definite reven revens
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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rev

  1. past indicative of riva

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