vibrate
to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate.
to move to and fro or up and down quickly and repeatedly; quiver; tremble.
(of sounds) to produce or have a quivering or vibratory effect; resound.
to thrill, as in emotional response.
to move between alternatives or extremes; fluctuate; vacillate.
to cause to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, swing, or oscillate.
to cause to move to and fro or up and down quickly and repeatedly; cause to quiver or tremble.
to give forth or emit by, or as by, vibration.
to measure or indicate by vibration or oscillation: a pendulum vibrating seconds.
Origin of vibrate
1synonym study For vibrate
Other words for vibrate
Other words from vibrate
- vi·brat·ing·ly, adverb
- non·vi·brat·ing, adjective
- re·vi·brate, verb, re·vi·brat·ed, re·vi·brat·ing.
- un·vi·brat·ed, adjective
- un·vi·brat·ing, adjective
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How to use vibrate in a sentence
When heated with a laser, each epoxy blob gave off sound waves that rippled through the chip to the sheet, causing the sheet to vibrate.
This toothbrush does it all, combining the effectiveness of a Waterpik flosser and the power of a vibrating brush head.
Electric toothbrushes that make great gifts | PopSci Commerce Team | October 1, 2020 | Popular-ScienceAnother more speculative possibility is that cosmic strings could come from the tiny vibrating strings of string theory.
Some Physicists See Signs of Cosmic Strings From the Big Bang | Thomas Lewton | September 29, 2020 | Quanta MagazineSound waves are carried through water by the vibration of water molecules, and at higher temperatures, those molecules vibrate more easily.
Underwater earthquakes’ sound waves reveal changes in ocean warming | Carolyn Gramling | September 17, 2020 | Science NewsBuy nowSmall yet powerful, the softball-size Hypersphere Mini is a TSA-approved, three-speed vibrating massage ball that eases muscle tension on the go or at home.
My gloved fingertips, soaked with blood on his pulseless groin, started to vibrate.
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead | Sandeep Jauhar | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo keep you off your seat and on your feet, many trackers will even vibrate after a certain timeframe of inactivity.
Should a solar flare vibrate the interstellar plasma in the next few years, the tone would be higher still.
Voyager Is Sending Us the Sounds of Interstellar Space | Josh Dzieza | September 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTEric Cantor: too twitchy (manly men do not visibly vibrate with nervous energy).
Squishes, Step Aside: Ted Cruz and Chris Christie’s Old-School Manliness | Michelle Cottle | May 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTVibration promotes life and vigour, strength and beauty...vibrate Your Body and Make It Well.
'Hysteria' and the Long, Strange History of the Vibrator | Marlow Stern | April 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt has, indeed, one of the most important properties of all substances, in that it can vibrate.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerCannot two brains that vibrate in unison at a distance of many kilometres be moved by the same psychic force?
Urania | Camille FlammarionThe struck chord ceased to vibrate as she reached the house where she had suffered and learned so much.
Alone | Marion HarlandAt last a beautiful, sad voice, which Paul well knew, made the hot afternoon air vibrate.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetIn the green summer of his days he fell, and long did my heart vibrate from the shock.
Ernest Linwood | Caroline Lee Hentz
British Dictionary definitions for vibrate
/ (vaɪˈbreɪt) /
to move or cause to move back and forth rapidly; shake, quiver, or throb
(intr) to oscillate
to send out (a sound) by vibration; resonate or cause to resonate
(intr) to waver
physics to undergo or cause to undergo an oscillatory or periodic process, as of an alternating current; oscillate
(intr) rare to respond emotionally; thrill
Origin of vibrate
1Derived forms of vibrate
- vibratile (ˈvaɪbrəˌtaɪl), adjective
- vibrating, adjective
- vibratingly, adverb
- vibratory, adjective
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