Revving [verb]

Definition of Revving:

begin; put into operation

Synonyms of Revving:

● Appoint

● Come up with

● Organize

● Launch

● Set up

● Create

● Introduce

● Initiate

● Install

● Inaugurate

● Establish

● Enact

● Pioneer

● Invest

● Fix

● Originate

● Ordain

● Bow

● Constitute

● Start

● Settle

● Found

● Open

● Commence

● Induct

● Break in

● Come out with

● Make up

● Rev

● Bring into being

● Open up

● Set in motion

● Usher in


Opposite/Antonyms of Revving:

● Halt

● Close

● Conclude

● Stop

● Finish

● End

● Prevent

● Cease

● Complete

● Ignore

● Unsettle

● Ruin

● Destroy

● Refuse


Sentence/Example of Revving:

His ears were filled with the sound of the revving aircraft engines.

Somewhere down the line a big plane was getting ready to take off, the pilot was checking his magnetos, revving up his engines.

Now the street noises assailed his ears; the grinding of gears, the revving of motors.

It was then that Dave suddenly was conscious of the fact that there were sounds of revving aircraft engines.