vibrate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vibrate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for vibrate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vibrate v shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating" Synonym(s): oscillate, vibrate be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" Synonym(s): hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate sound with resonance; "The sound resonates well in this theater" Synonym(s): resonate, vibrate feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine" Synonym(s): thrill, tickle, vibrate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vibrate \Vi"brate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vibrate}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vibrating}.] [L. vibratus, p. p. of vibrare, v. t. & v. i., to snake, brandish, vibrate; akin to Skr. vip to tremble, Icel. veifa to wave, vibrate. See {Waive} and cf. {Whip}, v. t.] 1. To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff. 2. To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds. 3. To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration. Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated or undulated, may . . . impress a swift, tremulous motion. --Holder. Star to star vibrates light. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vibrate \Vi"brate\, v. i. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear. --Pope. 4. To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions.