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rev
(rĕv) Informaln.
A revolution, as of a motor.
v. revved, rev·ving, revs
v.tr.
1.
a. To increase the speed of (a motor, for example): revved the engine.
b. To accelerate or increase: orders to rev up factory output.
2. To make livelier or more productive: revving ourselves up for the game; efforts to rev the economy.
v.intr.
1. To operate at an increased speed: heard the motors revving.
2. To accelerate in quantity or activity.
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rev
(rɛv)n
(Automotive Engineering) revolution per minute: the engine was doing 5000 revs.
vb, revs, revving or revved
(Automotive Engineering) (often foll by up) to increase the speed of revolution of (an engine)
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
rev
(rɛv)n., v. revved, rev•ving. n.
1. a revolution of the crankshaft or other rotating part within an engine.
v.t. 2. to accelerate sharply the speed of (an internal-combustion engine), esp. while the clutch is disengaged (often fol. by up).
v.i. 3. (of an engine) to accelerate; become revved (often fol. by up).
4. rev up,
a. to increase in activity or speed; accelerate sharply: The economy began to rev up.
b. to stimulate or stir up; excite.
[1900–05; short for revolution]
Rev.
1. Revelation; Revelations.
2. Reverend.
rev.
1. revenue.
2. reverse.
3. review; reviewed.
4. revise; revised.
5. revision.
6. revolution.
7. revolving.
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rev
- An abbreviation of revolution.See also related terms for revolution.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
rev
Past participle: revved
Gerund: revving
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| Noun | 1. |  rev - rate of revolution of a motor; "the engine was doing 6000 revs"rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" |
| Verb | 1. | rev - increase the number of rotations per minute; "rev up an engine" increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" |
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Translations
يَزيدُ السُّرْعَه
přivést do vysokých otáčekzvýšit rychlost
felpörget
apsisukimaididinti apsisukimų skaičiųdidinti greitįpadidinti apsisukimų skaičių
palielināt apgriezienu skaitu
zvýšiť rýchlosť
devrini yükseltmekgaz vermek
rev
[rev] (Aut etc)A. N → revolución f
B. VT (also to rev up) [+ engine] → girar
C. VI (also to rev up) → girar (rápidamente)
the plane was revving up → se aceleraban los motores del avión
the plane was revving up → se aceleraban los motores del avión
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
rev
n abbr of revolution (Aut) → Umdrehung f; the number of revs per minute → die Dreh- or Tourenzahl pro Minute; 4,000 revs per minute → 4.000 Umdrehungen or Touren (inf) → pro Minute; rev counter → Drehzahlmesser m, → Tourenzähler m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
rev
[rɛv] (fam)1. n (Aut) → giro
3,000 revs per minute → 3.000 giri al minuto
to keep the revs up → tenere il motore su di giri
3,000 revs per minute → 3.000 giri al minuto
to keep the revs up → tenere il motore su di giri
2. vt (engine) → mandare su di giri
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rev
(rev) – past tense, past participle revved – (often rev up) verb to increase the speed of revolution of (a car engine etc). He revved the engine (up); He was revving up in the yard.
revs noun plural revolutions (of a car engine etc). thirty revs a second.
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