vibrate
To shake with small, rapid movements to and froTo shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
» Please put your phones on vibrate.
Будь ласка, установіть режим вібрації на своїх телефонах.
Meaning
8 senses(intransitive)To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
vibrieren
вибри́роватьvibrírovatʹ
(intransitive)To resonate.
Her mind was vibrating with excitement.
(transitive)To brandish; to swing to and fro.
to vibrate a sword or a staff
move or swing from side to side regularly
(transitive)To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
a pendulum vibrating seconds
(transitive)To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
(dated, slang, transitive)To please or impress someone.
(intransitive)To use vibrato.
(slang, transitive)To pleasure someone using a vibrator.
Examples
55 sentencesPlease put your phones on vibrate.
Будь ласка, установіть режим вібрації на своїх телефонах.
Please put your phones on vibrate mode.
Будь ласка, установіть режим вібрації на своїх телефонах.
Tom's phone vibrated.
Телефон Тома завібрував.
ruТелефон Тома завибрировал.
Tom's cellphone vibrated on the table.
ruМобильный телефон Тома завибрировал на столе.
deToms Mobiltelefon vibrierte auf dem Tisch.
Passengers became nervous when the plane began to vibrate.
Translations
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Origin
The adjective (then also used as a participle) is first attested in 1420, in Middle EnglisThe adjective (then also used as a participle) is first attested in 1420, in Middle English, the verb in 1620; partly from Middle English vibrat(e) (“reverberant”), partly directly borrowed from Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“to agitate, set in tremulous motion”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”) or *weyb-.
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Forms
vibrates, vibrating, vibrated, vibratedSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle