The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vibrate \Vi"brate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vibrate; p. pr. & vb. n. Vibrating.] [L. vibratus, p. p. of vibrare, v. t. & v. i., to snake, brandish, vibrate; akin to Skr. vip to tremble, Icel. veifa to wave, vibrate. See Waive and cf. Whip, v. t.]
To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.
To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds.
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To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated or undulated, may . . . impress a swift, tremulous motion.
--Holder.Star to star vibrates light.
--Tennyson.
Wiktionary
that vibrates v
(present participle of vibrate English)
WordNet
adj. moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down; "the vibrating piano strings" [syn: vibratory]
Usage examples of "vibrating".
In order that astral events other than those manifesting acoustically may become accessible to our consciousness, our own astral being must become capable of vibrating in tune with them, just as if we were hearing them - that is, we must be able to rouse our astral forces to an activity similar to that of hearing, yet without any physical stimulus.
All at once the group opened up a bit and they saw a silvery, glittering aeroplane, agleam with new aluminum paint, throbbing and vibrating, as if anxious to be off.
Mike squinted to look at the number displayed on his beeper, which must have been vibrating on his waistband, while I went on talking.
The forty-foot barrels of the nine-inch guns moved restlessly, seeming to sniff for their prey, and the Blucher raced on, lifting a hissing white wave at her bows, vibrating and shuddering to the thrust of her engines as they built up to full speed.
They sat with the brakes on, vibrating, until the engine reached full power, then Bluey released the brakes.
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.
I been able to give an idea of the extreme antiquity, the perfect cleanliness, nor the vibrating song of the cicalas that seems to have been stored away within it, in its parched-up fibres, during hundreds of summers.
I felt myself vibrating painfully to the rhythmical sound of the cicalas which filled the atmosphere.
His eerie stutter spiraled down her cochleae to the bottom of her ears and seemed to leap from there into her spine, vibrating from vertebra to vertebra, shaking shivers from her.
The chair was a plug-in jobbie with a footrest that went up and down to offer support for the varicosely inclined and a vibrating doodad built into the seat for those who were otherwise inclined.
In it Mrs Musgrove ordered an ejaculatory and vibrating dildo of adjustable proportions, the bottom half of a plastic man complete with organs, and finally a studded rubber pad with battery attached which called itself a clitoral stimulator.
His throat was vibrating faster than a throat could, and sweat was pouring down his face, and something extraordinary was happening.
Tolito tossing Kook the seven-year-old about the car like a beanbag, and behind it all, clobbering polyrhythmic to the racketing of the shuttle, Jose on his tin drum, forearms and hands vibrating out beyond the persistence of vision, and a tireless smile across his teeth wide as the West Side.
I got the hell out of there and went off to my room, my luxuriously appointed room with the singing, vibrating bed and custom-built lavabo and tried to compose a message which would convey beautifully and inarguably why the Entourage had to leave as soon as they could pack themselves up.
Angeline moistened her dry lips with the tip of her tongue, her wide gaze fastened on the prince as he swung away from the door, and her mind vibrating like a struck chord with the musical challenge he had issued.