vibrate
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“agitate, set in tremulous motion”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
vibrate (third-person singular simple present vibrates, present participle vibrating, simple past and past participle vibrated)
- (intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
- (intransitive) To resonate.
- Her mind was vibrating with excitement.
- (transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro.
- to vibrate a sword or a staff
- (transitive) To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
- a pendulum vibrating seconds
- (transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
- Holder
- Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated or undulated, may […] impress a swift, tremulous motion.
- Tennyson
- Star to star vibrates light.
- Holder
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to move with small movements rapidly
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to resonate
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to brandish; to swing to and fro
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to mark or measure by moving to and fro
to set in vibration
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NounEdit
vibrate (uncountable)
- The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.
- Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.
TranslationsEdit
setting
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Further readingEdit
- vibrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- vibrate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
VerbEdit
vibrate
- second-person plural present indicative of vibrare
- second-person plural imperative of vibrare
- feminine plural of vibrato