REVERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does revers mean? 

• REVERS (noun)
  The noun REVERS has 1 sense:

1. a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side

  Familiarity information: REVERS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REVERS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

revere; revers

Hypernyms ("revers" is a kind of...):

lapel (lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar)

 Context examples 

Like other great men under reverses, he added, with a smile.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

This circulation reverses direction when the seasons change, leading to a buildup of clouds at whichever pole is experiencing winter.

(NASA Team Finds Noxious Ice Cloud on Saturn’s Moon Titan, NASA)

This reversal has happened countless times over Earth's history, but scientists' understanding of why and how the field reverses is limited.

(Earth's last magnetic field reversal took far longer than once thought, National Science Foundation)

Pentazocine hydrochloride partially reverses opiate-induced cardiovascular, respiratory, and behavioral depression.

(Pentazocine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Dimercaprol reverses the enzyme inhibition by chelating the metal and regenerates free sulfhydryl groups, thereby preventing and reversing the metals toxic effects.

(Dimercaprol, NCI Thesaurus)

As a result, flumazenil reverses benzodiazepine-induced effects including sedation, psychomotor deficits, amnesia, and hypoventilation in a dose-dependent manner.

(Flumazenil, NCI Thesaurus)

Naltrexone reverses the effects of opioid analgesics by binding to the various opioid receptors in the central nervous system, including the mu-, kappa- and gamma-opioid receptors.

(Naltrexone, NCI Thesaurus)

Daisy March—father a colonel in the army—one of our first families, but reverses of fortune, you know; intimate friends of the Laurences; sweet creature, I assure you; my Ned is quite wild about her.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Naloxone reverses the effects of opioid analgesics by binding to the opioid receptors in the CNS, and inhibiting the typical actions of opioid analgesics, including analgesia, euphoria, sedation, respiratory depression, miosis, bradycardia, and physical dependence.

(Naloxone, NCI Thesaurus)

I took Mr. Dick with me, because, acutely sensitive to my aunt's reverses, and sincerely believing that no galley-slave or convict worked as I did, he had begun to fret and worry himself out of spirits and appetite, as having nothing useful to do.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)