vibrate
verb/vaɪˈbreɪt/
/ˈvaɪbreɪt/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they vibrate | /vaɪˈbreɪt/ /ˈvaɪbreɪt/ |
| he / she / it vibrates | /vaɪˈbreɪts/ /ˈvaɪbreɪts/ |
| past simple vibrated | /vaɪˈbreɪtɪd/ /ˈvaɪbreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle vibrated | /vaɪˈbreɪtɪd/ /ˈvaɪbreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form vibrating | /vaɪˈbreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈvaɪbreɪtɪŋ/ |
- to move or make something move from side to side very quickly and with small movements
- vibrate (something) Every time a train went past the walls vibrated.
- vibrate with something The atmosphere seemed to vibrate with tension.
Extra Examples- The thuds vibrated through the car.
- The ground beneath their feet began to vibrate.
- The male spider will vibrate one of the threads of the female spider's web.
- The sound of the gong was still vibrating in the air.
- The walls seemed to vibrate with the deafening music from upstairs.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gently
- slightly
- softly
- …
- seem to
- through
- with
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘give out light or sound as if by vibration’): from Latin vibrat- ‘moved to and fro’, from the verb vibrare ‘vibrate’.Definitions on the go
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