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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•brate /ˈvaɪbreɪt/USA pronunciation v., -brat•ed, -brat•ing. - to (cause to) move to and fro or up and down quickly and repeatedly;
quiver;
tremble: [no object]The whole house vibrated when the heavy truck went by.[~ + object]to vibrate a tuning fork.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•brate (vī′brāt),USA pronunciation v., -brat•ed, -brat•ing. v.i. - Physicsto 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. - Physics(of sounds) to produce or have a quivering or vibratory effect;
resound. - to thrill, as in emotional response.
- to move between alternatives or extremes;
fluctuate;
vacillate.
v.t. - 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.
- Latin vibrātus (past participle of vibrāre to move to and fro); see -ate1
- 1610–20
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See shake.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged echo.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vibrate /vaɪˈbreɪt/ vb - to move or cause to move back and forth rapidly; shake, quiver, or throb
- (intransitive) to oscillate
- to send out (a sound) by vibration; resonate or cause to resonate
- (intransitive) to waver
- to undergo or cause to undergo an oscillatory or periodic process, as of an alternating current; oscillate
- (intransitive) rare to respond emotionally; thrill
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin vibrārevibratile /ˈvaɪbrəˌtaɪl/ adj viˈbrating adj ˈvibratory adj |