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Vibrate

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Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)

HYPHEN

vi=brate

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Vibrate has 5 senses

vibrate(v = verb.motion) Array - shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner; Array

is one way to

move

Derived forms noun vibration₂, noun vibrator₂

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

vibrate(v = verb.motion) oscillate - move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

is one way to sway, swing

Derived forms noun vibration₁, noun vibration₃, noun vibrator₁

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

vibrate(v = verb.stative) hover, oscillate, vacillate - be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

is one way to hesitate, waffle, waver

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

vibrate(v = verb.perception) resonate - sound with resonance; "The sound resonates well in this theater"

is one way to go, sound

Derived forms noun vibrancy₁, adjective vibrant₂, adjective vibratory₁

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something ----s something

vibrate(v = verb.emotion) thrill, tickle - feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"

is one way to excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir

Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Vibrate, v. t. [L. vibratus, p. p. of vibrare, v. t. & v. i., to shake, brandish, vibrate; akin to Skr. vip to tremble, Icel. veifa to wave, vibrate. See Waive and cf. Whip, v. t.].

To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff. [1913 Webster]
To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds. [1913 Webster]
To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration. [1913 Webster]
"Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated or undulated, may . . . impress a swift, tremulous motion." [1913 Webster]

"Star to star vibrates light." [1913 Webster]

Vibrate, 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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear. Pope. [1913 Webster]
To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Vibrate, v.
1 intr. & tr. move or cause to move continuously and rapidly to and fro; oscillate.
2 intr. Physics move unceasingly to and fro, esp. rapidly.
3 intr. (of a sound) throb; continue to be heard.
4 intr. (foll. by with) quiver, thrill (vibrating with passion).
5 intr. (of a pendulum) swing to and fro.

Derivative

vibrative adj.

Etymology

L vibrare vibrat- shake, swing

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THESAURUS

Vibrate

bob, bobble, bounce, bump, careen, chatter, coggle, continue, dangle, didder, falter, fluctuate, flutter, have an ague, hustle, jactitate, jar, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jounce, jump, librate, lurch, nutate, occur often, oscillate, pendulate, pitch, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, recur, reel, resonate, reverberate, rock, roll, shake, shiver, shock, shudder, swag, sway, swing, throb, toss, tremble, tremor, twitter, vacillate, wag, waggle, wave, waver, wobble

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Vibrate

Oscillation

VB oscillate, vibrate, librate, alternate, undulate, wave, rock, swing, pulsate, beat, wag, waggle, nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy, tick, play, wamble, wabble, dangle, swag, fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake, quiver, quaver, shake, flicker, wriggle, roll, toss, pitch, flounder, stagger, totter, move up and down, bob up and down, pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go, vacillate, teeter, brandish, shake, flourish.

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