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ALL meanings of vibrate

vi·brate
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  • intransitive verb vibrate quiver, buzz 1
  • verb without object vibrate to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate. 1
  • verb without object vibrate (of sounds) to produce or have a quivering or vibratory effect; resound. 1
  • verb without object vibrate to thrill, as in emotional response. 1
  • verb without object vibrate to move between alternatives or extremes; fluctuate; vacillate. 1
  • verb with object vibrate to cause to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, swing, or oscillate. 1
  • verb with object vibrate to cause to move to and fro or up and down quickly and repeatedly; cause to quiver or tremble. 1
  • verb with object vibrate to give forth or emit by, or as by, vibration. 1
  • verb with object vibrate to measure or indicate by vibration or oscillation: a pendulum vibrating seconds. 1
  • verb without object vibrate to move to and fro or up and down quickly and repeatedly; quiver; tremble. 0
  • noun vibrate The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms. 0
  • verb vibrate To move with small movements rapidly to and fro. 0
  • verb vibrate To resonate. 0
  • verb vibrate To brandish; to swing to and fro. 0
  • verb vibrate To mark or measure by moving to and fro. 0
  • verb vibrate To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration. 0
  • verb vibrate If something vibrates or if you vibrate it, it shakes with repeated small, quick movements. 0
  • verb vibrate to move or cause to move back and forth rapidly; shake, quiver, or throb 0
  • verb vibrate to oscillate 0
  • verb vibrate to send out (a sound) by vibration; resonate or cause to resonate 0
  • verb vibrate to waver 0
  • verb vibrate to undergo or cause to undergo an oscillatory or periodic process, as of an alternating current; oscillate 0
  • verb vibrate to respond emotionally; thrill 0
  • verb transitive vibrate to give off (light or sound) by vibration 0
  • verb transitive vibrate to set in to-and-fro motion; oscillate 0
  • verb transitive vibrate to cause to quiver 0
  • intransitive verb vibrate to swing back and forth; oscillate, as a pendulum 0
  • intransitive verb vibrate to move rapidly back and forth; quiver, as a plucked string 0
  • intransitive verb vibrate to resound 0
  • intransitive verb vibrate to be emotionally stirred; thrill 0
  • intransitive verb vibrate to waver or vacillate, as between two choices 0
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