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vibrate
[vahy-breyt]
verb (used without object)
to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate.
to move to and fro or up and down quickly and repeatedly; quiver; tremble.
(of sounds) to produce or have a quivering or vibratory effect; resound.
Synonyms: echoto thrill, as in emotional response.
to move between alternatives or extremes; fluctuate; vacillate.
verb (used with object)
to cause to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, swing, or oscillate.
to cause to move to and fro or up and down quickly and repeatedly; cause to quiver or tremble.
to give forth or emit by, or as by, vibration.
to measure or indicate by vibration or oscillation.
a pendulum vibrating seconds.
vibrate
/ vaɪˈbreɪt, ˈvaɪbrəˌtaɪl /
verb
to move or cause to move back and forth rapidly; shake, quiver, or throb
(intr) to oscillate
to send out (a sound) by vibration; resonate or cause to resonate
(intr) to waver
physics to undergo or cause to undergo an oscillatory or periodic process, as of an alternating current; oscillate
rare, (intr) to respond emotionally; thrill
Other Word Forms
- vibratingly adverb
- vibratile adjective
- vibratory adjective
- vibrating adjective
- nonvibrating adjective
- revibrate verb
- unvibrated adjective
- unvibrating adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of vibrate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Compatible phones - the vast majority of those currently in use - will vibrate and make a siren sound for roughly 10 seconds.
Stiller apologizes and silences his phone, which continues to vibrate busily on the table.
In the weeks following the event, the town is turned upside down, vibrating with grief and fear as all eyes slowly turn toward Justine.
What has the White House vibrating is the scale of the revisions.
“Everything was vibrating. ... I was scared. I didn’t know what it was. It sounded very close.”
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