VIBRATE
\va͡ɪbɹˈe͡ɪt], \vaɪbɹˈeɪt], \v_aɪ_b_ɹ_ˈeɪ_t]\
Definitions of VIBRATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"
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shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner
By Princeton University
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feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"
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shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.
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To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds.
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To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
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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.
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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.
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To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear.
By Oddity Software
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To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.
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To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds.
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To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
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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.
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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.
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To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear.
By Noah Webster.
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To move rapidly backward and forward, as a pendulum; to swing; shake; quiver; waver; to thrill or tremble, as a voice.
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To cause to move to and fro; cause to quiver, etc.
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Vibrated.
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Vibrating.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To cause to shake: to move to and fro: to measure by moving to and fro: to affect with vibratory motion.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman