vibrate

Definition of vibrate in English English dictionary: The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to [[#Verb|vibrate]] rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms
Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.; Resonate
Her mind vibrates with excitement.; Move with small movements rapidly to and fro; {v} to move to and from, quiver, brandish; To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration; sound with resonance; "The sound resonates well in this theater"; 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; be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"; move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"; shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner; If something vibrates or if you vibrate it, it shakes with repeated small, quick movements. The ground shook and the cliffs seemed to vibrate The noise vibrated the table. + vibration vibrations vi·bra·tion The vibrations of the vehicles rattled the shop windows. if something vibrates, or if you vibrate it, shakes quickly and continuously with very small movements (past participle of vibrare ); To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions; {f} move back and forth rapidly, oscillate; experience a pulsation, tremble; make a sound by vibrating, resonate; be stirred by a moment of deep emotion; To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds; To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff; To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear; feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"; 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; evibrate
vibrated: past of vibrate
vibrates: third-person singular of vibrate
vibrating: Present participle of to vibrate
vibrating: moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down; "the vibrating piano strings"
vibrating: moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down; "the vibrating piano strings
vibrating: Process of determining that length of timepiece hairspring will cause balance wheel to vibrate a fixed number of times per hour Factors considered are length, width, thickness, and strength of hairspring