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to rev up the engine

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  • Ivor the Engine — Infobox Television show name = Ivor the Engine caption = Ivor the Engine (1959). Ivor and Edwin Jones the Steam on footplate. format = Children s television camera = runtime = 10 minutes per episode (b/w) 5 mins per episode (colour) creator =… …   Wikipedia

  • rev — [[t]re̱v[/t]] revs, revving, revved 1) V ERG When the engine of a vehicle revs, or when you rev it, the engine speed is increased as the accelerator is pressed. The engine started, revved and the car jerked away down the hill... [V n] The old bus …   English dictionary

  • rev — I. noun Etymology: short for revolution Date: circa 1890 1. a revolution of a motor 2. revolution per minute usually used in plural II. verb (revved; revving) Date: 1920 transitive verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • The Railway Stories — are a series of audio adaptations of The Railway Series books by the Rev. W Awdry and his son Christopher.Nearly all of the 40 books in the series has been recorded by one of five different narrators: Johnny Morris, William Rushton, Ted Robbins,… …   Wikipedia

  • The Railway Series — Infobox Book name = The Railway Series title orig = translator = image caption = Map showing the railways on the fictional Island of Sodor author = Rev. W. Awdry Christopher Awdry illustrator = William Middleton Reginald Payne C. Reginald Dalby… …   Wikipedia

  • The Other Railway — In the children s books The Railway Series, by the Rev. W. Awdry, The Other Railway refers to British Railways (later British Rail), the UK nationalised rail organisation that existed from 1948 until 1997. Several of the characters in the books… …   Wikipedia

  • engine — noun 1 part of a vehicle that produces power ADJECTIVE ▪ big, powerful ▪ small ▪ twin engines ▪ a large plane with twin engines …   Collocations dictionary

  • rev — I UK [rev] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms rev : present tense I/you/we/they rev he/she/it revs present participle revving past tense revved past participle revved rev or rev up if you rev an engine, or if it revs, you press the… …   English dictionary

  • rev — rev1 [ rev ] verb intransitive or transitive rev or rev up if you rev an engine or if it revs, you press the GAS PEDAL with your foot when the vehicle is not moving in order to make the engine operate faster: Armstrong revved the engine and drove …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Rev limiter — A Rev limiter is a device fitted to an internal combustion engine to restrict its maximum rotational speed. This is usually carried out to prevent damage to the engine, however sometimes these devices are fitted to prevent an engine reaching the… …   Wikipedia

  • rev — /rɛv / (say rev) noun 1. a revolution (in an engine or the like). –verb (revved, revving) –verb (t) Also, rev up. 2. a. to increase the speed of (an engine) without the gears engaged: to rev the motor. b. to cause the engine of (a vehicle) to… …  

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