1. (v.i.)vibrate to move to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate.
2. vibrate to move to and fro or up and down quickly and repeatedly; quiver; tremble.
3. vibrate (of sounds) to produce or have a quivering or vibratory effect; resound.
4. vibrate to thrill, as in emotional response.
5. vibrate to move between alternatives; vacillate.
6. (v.t.)vibrate to cause to move to and fro, swing, or oscillate.
7. vibrate to cause to quiver or tremble.
8. vibrate to give forth or emit by or as if by vibration.
Etymology: (1610–20; < L vibrātus, ptp. of vibrāre to move to and fro)
Definition of 'vibrate'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)vibrate shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner
2. (verb)oscillate, vibrate move or swing from side to side regularly "the needle on the meter was oscillating"
3. (verb)hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
4. (verb)resonate, vibrate sound with resonance "The sound resonates well in this theater"
5. (verb)thrill, tickle, vibrate feel sudden intense sensation or emotion "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"
1. (verb)vibrate to shake with very quick movements The house vibrates when a train passes.; vibrations caused by the earthquake; the vibration of sound waves
Definition of 'vibrate'
Webster Dictionary
1. vibrate of Vibrate
2. (verb)vibrate to brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff
3. (verb)vibrate to mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds
4. (verb)vibrate to affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration
5. (verb)vibrate 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
6. (verb)vibrate 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
7. (verb)vibrate to produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear
8. (verb)vibrate to pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions
Sense: to (cause to) shake, tremble, or move rapidly back and forth Every sound that we hear is making part of our ear vibrate; The engine has stopped vibrating.