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reverberate
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reverberate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb reverberate has 6 senses
- reverberate(v = verb.perception) echo, resound, ring - ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" is one way to go, sound
- reverberate(v = verb.stative) Array - have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life" is one way to die hard, endure, persist, prevail, run
- reverberate(v = verb.perception) Array - be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building" is one way to reflect, reverberate
- reverberate(v = verb.perception) reflect - to throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium" Derived form adjective reverberant1
- reverberate(v = verb.motion) bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, ricochet, spring, take a hop - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" is one way to bound, jump, leap, spring
- reverberate(v = verb.change) Array - treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore" is one way to process, treat
Derived forms noun reverberance1, adjective reverberant1, noun reverberation1, adjective reverberative1
Sample sentence:
The woods reverberate with many kinds of birds
Derived form noun reverberation2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form adjective reverberant1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
reverberate, a. [L. reverberatus, p. p. of reverberare to strike back, repel; pref. re- re- + verberare to lash, whip, beat, fr. verber a lash, whip, rod.].
- Reverberant. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Driven back, as sound; reflected. Drayton. [1913 Webster]
reverberate, v. t.
- To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat. [1913 Webster]"Who, like an arch, reverberates
The voice again." [1913 Webster] - To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace. [1913 Webster]
- Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
reverberate, v. i.
- To resound; to echo. [1913 Webster]
- To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
reverberate, v.
1 a intr. (of sound, light, or heat) be returned or echoed or reflected repeatedly. b tr. return (a sound etc.) in this way.
2 intr. (of a story, rumour, etc.) be heard much or repeatedly.
1 a intr. (of sound, light, or heat) be returned or echoed or reflected repeatedly. b tr. return (a sound etc.) in this way.
2 intr. (of a story, rumour, etc.) be heard much or repeatedly.
Idiom
reverberating furnace a furnace constructed to throw heat back on to the substance exposed to it.
Derivative
reverberant adj. reverberantly adv. reverberation n. reverberative adj. reverberator n. reverberatory adj.
Etymology
L reverberare (as RE-, verberare lash f. verbera (pl.) scourge)
THESAURUS
reverberate
acknowledge, answer, answer back, be reflected, be sent back, boom, bounce back, come again, come back, come back at, come up again, echo, echo back, flash back, give acknowledgment, give answer, go back, keep coming, react, reappear, rebound, recur, reecho, rejoin, reoccur, repeat, reply, resound, respond, resume, retort, return, return answer, return for answer, revert, riposte, roll, rumble, say, say in reply, send back, shoot back, sound, talk backROGET THESAURUS
reverberate
Recoil
VB recoil, react, spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back, rebound, reverberate, repercuss, recalcitrate, echo, ricochet.Resonance
VB resound, reverberate, reecho, resonate, ring, jingle, gingle, chink, clink, tink, tinkle, chime, gurgle, plash, goggle, echo, ring in the ear.
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