OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 12826

reverse

/ɹɪˈvɜːs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
marcha atrás • retroceso • reversa • reversada • reverso • revosh • riversa
The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
I shifted into reverse and was just about to back up when our silly cat walked behind the car! Honk honk, kitty! Get out of there!
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 12827

reverse

/ɹɪˈvɜːs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
reversar
To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
to reverse a portion of video footage
to reverse the order of books on a shelf
evertir
To turn something inside out or upside down.
A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill.
ciar • recejar • recular • retroceder
To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
Passengers said the train had to reverse from Hsinshih (新市) in Tainan County to Liuchiao (六腳) in Chiayi County before moving forward again.
Richardson dropped into the six-foot between the two engines, ran for a few yards, grabbed Mitchell's engine, and swung himself up. Mitchell had got to his feet by this time, but h…