Vibrate

[vaɪ'breɪt] or ['vaɪbret]

Definition

(verb.) shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner.

Typist: Sharif--From WordNet

Definition

(imp. & p. p.) of Vibrate

(v. t.) To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.

(v. t.) To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds.

(v. t.) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.

(v. i.) To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from its position of rest; to swing; to oscillate.

(v. i.) To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver.

(v. i.) To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear.

(v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Oscillate, swing, move to and fro, move backward and forward.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Oscillate, swing, undulate, shake, quiver, wave

ANT:Be_at_rest,[See PLEASURE]

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Definition

v.i. to shake: to tremble: to move backwards and forwards: to swing: to pass from one state to another.—v.t. to cause to shake: to move to and fro: to measure by moving to and fro: to affect with vibratory motion.—adjs. Vī′brant vibrating: sonorous; Vī′bratile having a vibratory motion: (zool.) adapted to or used in vibratory motion.—ns. Vībratil′ity; Vībrā′tion a vibrating: state of being vibrated: tremulousness quivering motion.—adj. Vībrā′tional.—n. Vībrā′tiuncle a small vibration.—adjs. Vī′brātive Vī′brātory vibrating: consisting in vibrations: causing vibrations.—ns. Vī′brātor (elect.) a vibrating reed used to open and close the electric current: (print.) a vibrating reed used for distributing the ink; Vi′broscope an instrument for registering vibrations.

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Examples

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