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 Definitions of vibrate  [ˈvaɪ breɪt]  

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Definition of 'vibrate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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"


Definition of 'vibrate' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'vibrate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

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.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vibreer Arabic flag Arabic: يَهْتَز، يَرْتَج Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: вибрирам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: vibrar Czech flag Czech: kmitat, chvět se German flag German: vibrieren
Danish flag Danish: vibrere Greek flag Greek: δονώ, δονούμαι, πάλλω, πά Spanish flag Spanish: vibrar
Estonian flag Estonian: vibreerima Farsi flag Farsi: لرزاندن؛ مرتعش کردن Finnish flag Finnish: värähdellä
French flag French: (faire) vibrer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִרעוֹד Hindi flag Hindi: कम्पायमान होना, दोलायमान
Croatian flag Croatian: vibrirati Hungarian flag Hungarian: rezeg Indonesian flag Indonesian: bergetar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: titra, skjálfa Italian flag Italian: vibrare Japanese flag Japanese: 振動する
Korean flag Korean: 진동하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vibruoti, virpėti Latvian flag Latvian: vibrēt; trīcēt; drebēt
Malay flag Malay: bergetar Dutch flag Dutch: trillen Norwegian flag Norwegian: riste, sitre, vibrere
Polish flag Polish: drgać, wibrować Portuguese flag Portuguese: vibrar Romanian flag Romanian: a vibra, a trepida
Russian flag Russian: вибрировать Slovak flag Slovak: kmitať, chvieť sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: vibrirati
Serbian flag Serbian: vibrirati Swedish flag Swedish: vibrera Thai flag Thai: สั่น
Turkish flag Turkish: titre(t)mek Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (使)振動 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вібрувати, тремтіти
Urdu flag Urdu: تھرتھرانا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chuyển động, rung, lắc Chinese flag Chinese: (使)振动

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