rev

«rev» in Mova's school dictionary: to make it run faster by pressing the accelerator — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (rev, revs, revved, revving)

meaning for a pupil

1) To rev an engine is to make it run faster by pressing the accelerator. tree →

2) «Rev.» is a short written form of «Reverend», the title of a priest or minister. (abbreviation in old books) tree →

sense in the lessons

in old books «Rev.» is written before a clergyman's name, for example «Rev. John Smith»; the verb is used of cars

examples

• The driver revved the engine before the race. tree →
• The car revved loudly at the lights. tree →
• See Fables, translated by Rev. John Brown. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rev» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.