Vibrate Definition

vībrāt
vibrated, vibrates, vibrating
verb
vibrated, vibrates, vibrating
To move rapidly back and forth; quiver, as a plucked string.
Webster's New World
To progress in a given direction while moving back and forth rapidly.
The sound wave vibrated through the water.
American Heritage
To set in to-and-fro motion; oscillate.
Webster's New World
To cause to quiver.
Webster's New World
To resound.
Webster's New World
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Antonyms:
  • be still
noun
A setting on a cell phone that causes the phone to shake rapidly without producing a ringtone when a call or text message is received.
American Heritage

The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (most) needed alarms.

Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.
Wiktionary
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Origin of Vibrate

  • From Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“agitate, set in tremulous motion").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin vibrāre vibrāt- weip- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Vibrate Sentence Examples

  • Know that a string can vibrate in different modes.

  • The direct and reflected systems are practically equal, and by suitably timing the vibrations of the hand for each case the rope may be made to vibrate as a whole, as two halves, as three-thirds and so on.

  • The flame there is much H K' L affected by the nodal pressure changes, while the other two vibrate only slightly.

  • Sound waves enter the ear canal and cause the eardrum to vibrate.

  • Then the middle point is a loop, and the middle flame is only slightly affected, while the other two, now being at nodes, vibrate strongly.

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Words Starting With

VVIVIB

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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