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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rev/#m1)

2) «Rev.» is a short written form of «Reverend», the title of a priest or minister. (abbreviation in old books) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rev/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rev/#x1)
- The car revved loudly at the lights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rev/#x2)
- See Fables, translated by Rev. John Brown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rev/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rev» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rev/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.