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reverberate
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Word definitions for reverberate in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB around ▪ As the roars of approval reverberated around the ground he grinned an uncomfortable grin, almost one of embarrassment. ▪ Decisions there reverberated around the globe with a force unmatched anywhere else. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reverberate \Re*ver"ber*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reverberated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverberating .] 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. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" [syn: resound , echo , ring ] 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; ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 reverberant 2 Driven back, as sound; reflected. v 1 (context intransitive English) to ring with many echos 2 (context intransitive English) to have a lasting effect 3 (context intransitive English) to repeatedly return 4 To return or send back; to repel ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, "beat back, drive back, force back," from Latin reverberatus , past participle of reverberare "strike back, repel, cause to rebound" (see reverberation ). Meaning "re-echo" is from 1590s. Earlier verb was reverberen (early 15c.). Related: Reverberated ...
Usage examples of reverberate.
Again that strange, glorious accent that reverberated through her like a warm, soothing caress.
It still reverberated, though Ilna had noticed that the acoustics of this great square room were wretchedly bad.
The drawling voice which answered filled the lobby, ascended to the green skylight far above, moved inexorably outward from the place of utterance to the balcony edges, thrust through the banisters to flow into the aisles of books, soaking each volume in turn so that the very bindings became redolent with that sound, not echoing but vibrating nonetheless in a reverberating hum larger than the building itself, a seeking pressure which left no corner unexplored.
Anborn shouting his name, the sound growing dimmer until in reverberated into nothingness.
As we sat on this fiery mount, surrounded by a circular rampart of rocks, and looked up at the immense towers of dark dolerite which ran up almost vertically to the height of twenty-five hundred feet above us, musing over the tremendous force which fashioned this awful amphitheatre--spacious enough for all the gods of Tartarus to hold high carnival--the clouds which hung in the thin air around the crest of the crater pealed forth thunder after thunder, which, reverberating from precipice to precipice, were answered by the crash of rocks let loose by the storm, till the whole mountain seemed to tremble like a leaf.
While the houses of parliament in England were yet echoing with the oratory of its empassioned members, the hillsides of America were reverberating with peals of musketry.
Anybody who wanted a hoagie for dinner would already be thronging across the street at the tent, and Anne made a beeline for it, as a drum solo thundered through the loudspeakers and reverberated in the night air.
Sculptured figures, all dusty gilt, clung for dear life as the old timepiece reverberated with tiny jangly explosions.
The spidery gray body of the Mnemonist stirred with the chemical echoes that reverberated through his old veins.
This time, so far from my being a solitary passenger, there was a considerable crowd waiting at Dover Street, where I entered, and just as the noise of the approaching train began to reverberate in the tunnel I caught sight of Sir Henry Payle standing near the opening from which the train would presently emerge, apart from the rest of the crowd.
Yuri stared for one petrified second then let loose a guttural roar of fright that reverberated round the impassive sentinel trees.
Long chill screams reverberated around the borders of the park, emerging from various archways at the base of the towers.
Their shrill, delighted laughter had reverberated through the trees as the mercenaries crashed through the undergrowth.
A deep, resonant series of sounds that fell on the ears and reverberated through her entire body.
A sibilant snarl reverberated through the room and he whirled full circle.