Stern can mean ‘firm or strict’ or ‘grim or forbidding in appearance.’ As a noun, it is the rear part of a…
A rev is an informal term; it is an abbreviation for a revolution of the crankshaft within an engine. The related verb means ‘to accelerate’ and it can have an engine, vehicle, or driver as its subject. Rev is also used figuratively, often followed by up, about other things and means ‘to increase’ in both activity and…
