Definitions of rev [ɛv]

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Definition of 'rev'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rev
a revolution of the crankshaft or other rotating part within an engine.

2. (v.t.) rev
to accelerate sharply the speed of (an internal-combustion engine), esp. while the clutch is disengaged (often fol. by up).

3. (v.i.) rev
(of an engine) to accelerate; become revved (often fol. by up).

4.  rev
rev up,

5.  rev
to increase in activity or speed; accelerate sharply:
The economy began to rev up.

6.  rev
to stimulate or stir up; excite.

Etymology: (1900–05; short for revolution)

Definition of 'rev'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) revolutions per minute, rpm, rev
rate of revolution of a motor
"the engine was doing 6000 revs"

2. (verb) rev up, rev
increase the number of rotations per minute
"rev up an engine"

Translation of 'rev'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to increase the speed of revolution of (a car engine etc) He revved the engine (up); He was revving up in the yard.
Afrikaans: versnel	Arabic: يَزيدُ السُّرْعَه	Bulgarian: увеличавам броя на оборот
Brazilian: acelerar	Czech: zvýšit rychlost, přivést	German: auf Touren bringen/kommen
Danish: speede up	Greek: μαρσάρω, φουλάρω	Spanish: acelerar
Estonian: kiirust lisama	Farsi: دور برداشتن؛ زیاد کردن	Finnish: kiihdyttää moottoria
French: emballer le moteur	Hebrew: לְהַגְבִּיר “טורִים”	Hindi: (इंजन का) परिक्रमण
Croatian: povećati broj okreta, tur	Hungarian: felpörget(i a motort)	Indonesian: menaikan kecepatan
Icelandic: auka snúningshraða vélar;	Italian: accelerare	Japanese: 回転を増す
Korean: 속도를 급히 올리다	Lithuanian: (pa)didinti greitį/apsisu	Latvian: palielināt apgriezienu sk
Malay: memutarkan	Dutch: het toerental opvoeren	Norwegian: gi gass, ruse
Polish: przyspieszyć obroty, `pod	Persian: دور برداشتن؛ زیاد کردن	Pashto: دماشين ګر ځيدل:چټك كول ګړ
Portuguese: acelerar	Romanian: a ambala motorul	Russian: увеличивать обороты, газо
Slovak: zvýšiť rýchlosť	Slovenian: povečati število obratov	Serbian: ubrzati okretaje
Swedish: rusa, varva [upp]	Thai: ทำให้เครื่องยนต์เดินเร็วข	Turkish: devrini yükseltmek, gaz v
Taiwanese: 加速	Ukrainian: збільшувати швидкість	Urdu: انجن کی رفتار بڑھانا
Vietnamese: tăng tốc	Chinese: 加速
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