reverberate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reverberate	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for reverberate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reverberate v ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" Synonym(s): resound, echo, ring, reverberate have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life" be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building" to throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium" Synonym(s): reflect, reverberate spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" Synonym(s): bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reverberate \Rever"berate\, a. [L. reverberatus, p. p. of reverberare to strike back, repel; pref. re- re- + verberare to lash, whip, beat, fr. verber a lash, whip, rod.] 1. Reverberant. [Obs.] [bd]The reverberate hills.[b8] --Shak. 2. Driven back, as sound; reflected. [Obs.] --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reverberate \Rever"berate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reverberated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reverberating}.] 1. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat. Who, like an arch, reverberates The voice again. --Shak. 2. To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace. 3. Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [Obs.] [bd]Reverberated into glass.[b8] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reverberate \Rever"berate\, v. i. 1. To resound; to echo. 2. To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound.