Rev Definition

rĕv
revs, revved, revving
noun
revs
A revolution, as of the crankshaft of an engine.
Webster's New World

Revolution.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • rpm
  • revolutions per minute
verb
revs, revved, revving
To increase the revolutions per minute of (an engine, motor, etc.)
Webster's New World
To undergo revving.
Webster's New World
To accelerate, intensify, etc.
Webster's New World
To make livelier or more productive.
Revving ourselves up for the game; efforts to rev the economy.
American Heritage
To operate at an increased speed.
Heard the motors revving.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
abbreviation
Revenue.
Webster's New World
Reverse.
Webster's New World
Revised.
American Heritage
Review(ed)
Webster's New World
Revise(d)
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Rev

Noun

Singular:
rev
Plural:
revs

Origin of Rev

Rev Sentence Examples

  • My mind won't release me from all that has happened since Rev. Martin first visited me, and changed my life.

  • Imagine the overwhelming guilt Rev. Martin must have felt over this terrible sin of his relationship with a prostitute.

  • In 1818 he joined the Rev. John Campbell in his second journey to South Africa to inspect the stations of the London Missionary Society, and reported that the conduct of the Cape Colonists towards the natives was deserving of strong reprobation.

  • Shortly after he settled at Laleham, he married Mary, youngest daughter of the Rev. John Penrose, rector of Fledborough, Nottinghamshire.

  • The town is one of the oldest in the state; it was founded in 1638 by Rev. John Wheelwright, an Antinomian leader who with a number of followers settled here after his banishment from Massachusetts.

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RREREV

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