Definition of vibrate

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Vibrate (v. i.) 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..

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Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. i.) 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..
Evibrate :: Evibrate (v. t. & i.) To vibrate.
Undulate :: Undulate (v. i.) To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air..
Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. i.) To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear..
Flutter :: Flutter (v. t.) To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings..
Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. t.) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
Open :: Open (a.) Not closed or stopped with the finger; -- said of the string of an instrument, as of a violin, when it is allowed to vibrate throughout its whole length..
Oscillate :: Oscillate (v. i.) To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.
Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. i.) 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..
Warble :: Warble (v. t.) To cause to quaver or vibrate.
Rock :: Rock (v. t.) To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter..
Quake :: Quake (v. i.) To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake..
Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. t.) To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff..
Dirl :: Dirl (v. i. & t.) To thrill; to vibrate; to penetrate.
Ring :: Ring (v. i.) To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.
Phonograph :: Phonograph (n.) An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration
Vibration :: Vibration (n.) The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical string..
Quaver :: Quaver (v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.
Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions..
Shiver :: Shiver (v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear..
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